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PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail

JCT Confirms Failure to Comply with Democrats’ Mandate Can Lead to 5 Years in Jail

Friday, November 06, 2009

Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail.  The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.

In response to the JCT letter, Camp said:  “This is the ultimate example of the Democrats’ command-and-control style of governing – buy what we tell you or go to jail.  It is outrageous and it should be stopped immediately.”

Key excerpts from the JCT letter appear below:

“H.R. 3962 provides that an individual (or a husband and wife in the case of a joint return) who does not, at any time during the taxable year, maintain acceptable health insurance coverage for himself or herself and each of his or her qualifying children is subject to an additional tax.” [page 1]

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“If the government determines that the taxpayer’s unpaid tax liability results from willful behavior, the following penalties could apply…” [page 2]

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“Criminal penalties

Prosecution is authorized under the Code for a variety of offenses.  Depending on the level of the noncompliance, the following penalties could apply to an individual:

• Section 7203 – misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year.

• Section 7201 – felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.” [page 3]

When confronted with this same issue during its consideration of a similar individual mandate tax, the Senate Finance Committee worked on a bipartisan basis to include language in its bill that shielded Americans from civil and criminal penalties.  The Pelosi bill, however, contains no similar language protecting American citizens from civil and criminal tax penalties that could include a $250,000 fine and five years in jail.

“The Senate Finance Committee had the good sense to eliminate the extreme penalty of incarceration.  Speaker Pelosi’s decision to leave in the jail time provision is a threat to every family who cannot afford the $15,000 premium her plan creates.  Fortunately, Republicans have an alternative that will lower health insurance costs without raising taxes or cutting Medicare,” said Camp.

According to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family non-group plan under the Speaker’s bill would cost $15,000 in 2016.

This…disaster is nothing less then the enslavement of the American people to the ruling elite. Never mind the fact they will put you into the Gulag if you won’t obey their decrees, this monstrosity will allow the bureaucrats absolute control over every aspect of your life.

If they decide meat is bad, you will not be allowed to eat that cheeseburger. If you do, you will be denied any medical care. Are you a few pounds overweight? If you aren’t at the weight the plutocrats think you should be, then no medicine for you!

Rationing will begin almost immediately. Gov. Palin spoke of “death panels” with regards to government run medical care. She wasn’t just making a political point. The government will literally have the right to determine who will live and who will die.

Some pinhead in Washington may decide that Gov. Palin’s son, who has Downs Syndrome, should be denied any treatment for anything. He is barely a year old and no one knows how severe his condition is. He might become a productive member of society.

That doesn’t matter to the liberals of course.

And what about the elderly? As far as Obama is concerned, they should die now. Never mind that some of them, probably most of them are still engaged in productive activities, even if it’s just baby sitting thew grand kids.

My father is in his mid-80’s and he still puts in a full days work. He doesn’t have to, he just does.

According to the liberals, he is no longer a valuable person and should die now. Well I can tell you, if this POS passes and my parents are denied the medical care they now receive, (And pay for themselves), not only will I be paying the death panel members a visit, I’ll be bringing along the rest of the family and we will all “explain” to the moron the error of his/her decision.

This pile of manure MUST be stopped. If you allow this to pass, then the United States will be a memory. We will become slaves to Pelosi, Reid, Obama and all of the other “elitists” who think they know what’s good for people.

Call your representatives and senators. Be polite for now. We must stop this unconstitutional takeover and loss of our freedoms.

Call them now. Call your friends and neighbors and tell them that they must stop this. Do it now.

That is all…for now

~The Angry Webmaster~

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