Carol And Punishment

From Big Government.com.  Apparently there are criminal penalties (not just taxes) for refusing to participate in Carol's Health Care swindle.

(Link to Original Article)

 

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.

Way to protect us from the government Carol.  You go Girl! 

Comments

[Chaz Proulx]

Steve

Carol's a giant. NH INSIDER critics remain pimpsqueaks.

I watched Rethuglicans spreading the same scare tactics today on the House floor. All scare mongoring all the time.

It must be depressing being a cynic 24 / 7

[NH]

Chaz: It must be depressing to be a dupe all the time.

So how's that big Soros money working for your health? You'll soon find out that this is not really what it was about.

Carol not only strayed from NH, but her nuttiness and extremism has now gone global..

The IRS won't be getting a tax return from me any longer. I should not have to prove that I am going to buy a damned thing.

When you are going to wake up and face the fact you've elected nazis to represent us?

[NH]

Oh and notice, CP has no comment or rebuttal on the FACTS.

Since when is educating the public a scare tactic?

(Answer: When what these wingnut globalist extremists are doing in FACT, is pretty scary by itself.. no need to make this stuff up!)

[Chaz Proulx]

NH

Once again I rest my case.

Thanks for yet another gift.

[Nonplussed]

Mr. Proulx:

It is extremely unfair of you to make fun of NH's foolishness and that of other regular posters on this website. This inability to understand how the world operates is a curse that he and like-minded people are either born with or choose to exhibit, and it is politically incorrect for you to constantly point out how ridiculous their arguments are. I would say it is the political equivalent of NOT giving a trophy to the kids on the Little League team who are too clumsy to play. I is simply bad form.

If you really, really must make fun of these doofuses- and I understand the desire to do so- please do it in a humorous or satiric way. I recommend exaggerating their asinine claims to show how fallacious they are. The doofuses won't understand you are making fun of their midget ideas, and the rest of us will get a little chuckle out of it.

For example, you could have responded to the post by saying: "This proves that all Carol wants to do is throw everyone who disagrees with her communist-Fascist islamic philosophy into jail and throw away the key. First, she took away Jeb Bradley's job. Then she put Ed Brown in prison. Now she's coming after everyone who drinks tea made from teabags or ever stepped on an acorn!!!!"

I understand this makes no sense, but it includes all of the keywords that get the wingnuts salivating.

[Chaz Proulx]

nonplussed

LOL

Actually I've been politically correct. I was going to refer to these nitwits as "ignorant savages" but ever since the Tarzan uproar I've stopped using that term.

I went the bland route. Not bad for a Natzi huh?

[Richard Barnes]

Steve, if ever there was a great contrast between the left and right it's this thread. You do a great job showing quotes from the bill with page numbers and links and the typical lefties respond with insults and jokes but nothing factual.
People are waking up and seeing this.

[Chaz Proulx]

Richard,

It's impossible not to answer baloney with sarcasm.

This crap doesn't deserve thoughtful analysis and won't get it from me.