I still think this is unconstitutional, but that doesn't seem to matter.
Committee Confirms: Comply With Pelosi-Care Or Go To Jail
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.”
Progressive politics, as witnessed through the payoffs to union with stolen companies and health care "reform" is wrong, probably unconstitutional and it's going to get uglier before it gets better.
I bet Pelosi can justify this travesty by saying something like, "At least they'll have health care in prision." She is that stupid.
