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djorge44
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 Posted - 11/07/2009 : 07:54:14 AM
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This is HILARIOUS. average family of 4 makes under 50K but Pelosi wants everyone to have 15K worth of insurance per year. Sounds about right.
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. |
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homebroker@sbcgl
7360 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 08:01:42 AM
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| Seriously time to start looking to become and expat and get the heck out of there until a a stable administration comes back into office. |
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assassin17
7832 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 08:12:34 AM
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I'd love to see where Pelosi intends to put the millions of people who will have to be incarcerated.
I'm perfectly willing to go to 'healthcare prison' in protest. I'll get free meals, have no bills to pay, and FREE healthcare. |
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darkstar
26249 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 08:20:05 AM
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>>>>I'd love to see where Pelosi intends to put the millions of people who will have to be incarcerated.
Sounds like jobs! <tic> |
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assassin17
7832 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 08:34:13 AM
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| I'll probably pass on the free prison-sex though. |
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rudeness
5393 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 08:41:49 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by assassin17
I'll probably pass on the free prison-sex though.
That's a strange comment coming from a guy with the word ass in his name twice! |
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Mandyvilla
6392 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 08:45:42 AM
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| The woman is a complete nutcase....every day I am more amazed she is in office. |
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GetLoans4me
2693 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 12:31:55 PM
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$15k a year? wtf
this pissalosi need to zip her mouth and ship out to venezuela |
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homebroker@sbcgl
7360 Posts |
Posted - 11/07/2009 : 6:09:48 PM
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GITMO is on the way, send here there. She might run into one of her old boyfriends.
quote:
Originally posted by GetLoans4me
$15k a year? wtf
this pissalosi need to zip her mouth and ship out to venezuela
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djorge44
3699 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2009 : 06:41:20 AM
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This is driving me nuts. Obama says he wants to make sure people don't 'game' the system.
What about the millions of illegals that game the system? Will Obama put them in jail for gaming the system? |
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CoolMtgGuy
9059 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2009 : 06:43:45 AM
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Probably?
quote:
Originally posted by assassin17
I'll probably pass on the free prison-sex though.
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