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November 9, 2009

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

House Committee On Ways & MeansSaturday, Nov 7th, 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]

“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 ... http://www.prisonplanet.com/pelosi-buy-a-15000-policy-or-go-to-jail.html

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Athena Jezik

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Sunday, November 08, 2009 5:29 PM

Mandates and punishments for the new health care policies.

JSH... please post in legislation section.

I wonder how many Americans will still like the idea of mandated health care after reading what it is really going to do.

Are we committed to take our power and figure out something different that works for all of us?

I request all of you to take a look at it. The choices we have is simple... tyranny or freedom... force or choice... slavery or empowerment?

http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/UploadedFiles/JCTletter110509.pdf

~~Athena www.acranio.com www.acranio.net http://empoweringenergy.blogspot.com