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Defend America on Friday, November 06, 2009 7:23:09 PM
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.”
http://republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=153583