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2009-11-11 Obama on Penalties http://tinyurl.com/ydkconn 11/15/2009 |
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RT @PoliticalNote No health insurance? Your going to jail. Not going to volunteer? ....I wonder what is next... http://bit.ly/3g9jVk 11/13/2009 |
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RT @BillHurlbut: Interview with the President: Jail Time for Those without Health Care Insurance? http://ow.ly/BLHB 11/13/2009 |
Buy Health Insurance or Go To Jail?
Hit & Run —
... Looks like President Obama is declining to support the
provision in the House health care bill
that could send people people to jail if they don't purchase
health insurance or pay a penalty. From ABC News:
“What I think is appropriate is that in the same way that
everybody has to get auto insurance and if you don't, you're
subject to some penalty, that in this situation, if you have
the ability to buy insurance, it's affordable and you choose
not to do so, forcing you and me and ...
Reassurer-In-Chief
small dead animals —
Reassurer-In-Chief Is there nothing that Obama can't do? The President said that he didn’t think the question over the appropriateness of possible jail time [for Americans who refuse to buy health insurance] is the “biggest question” the House and Senate are facing right now. Posted by Kate at November 10, 2009 2:07 PM
Tweet First, Verify Later
Fired Up! Missouri —
A short dispatch from The Star's Steve Kraske, posted here in full:
How false stories get spread
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, a Republican, tweeted today that President Obama told ABC that jail time is appropriate punishment for not buying health insurance.
Except that Obama didn't say that.
The Lieutenant Governor could do himself a favor by setting Twitter aside for a few days/months/years.
Obama Endorses Penalties For People Who Don’t Buy Health Insurance
Below The Beltway —
... He’s not committed to the idea of jail time, but President Obama endorsed the idea of penalizing people who refuse to buy health insurance: ...
It’s Just Common Sense, Really.
The Agitator —
... Therefore, the government will now at the point of a gun force every American to give said health insurance companies a portion of their money, whether they want to or not. ...
Obama says $2k Penalty for Not Purchasing $13k Insurance is Appropriate
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed —
In an interview with ABC's Jake Tapper, the president said that hitting families with a fine, which was set at $1,900 in the Baucus bill, is appropriate for those who do not buy health insurance, for which the average cost is more than $13,000.
"What I think is appropriate is that in the same way that everybody has to get auto insurance and if you don't, you're subject to some penalty, that in this situation, if you have the ability to buy insurance, it's affordable and you choose not to do so, forcing you and me and everybody else to ...
Progressive utopia — enemy of Liberty [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom —
... words “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” are quite deliberate. Proper government for a free people does not guarantee happiness nor grant happiness to some people at the expense of liberty of other people. Government is to secure and protect basic rights as individual citizens make of their lives as their talents and ambitions will take them. Proper government for a free people assumes its citizens are adults and protects their rights to voluntary interaction. And any President in favor of jail time for American citizens, NOT for use of force against a ...
Democrat Values: Jail for People Who Don't Buy Insurance, Citizenship for Border Jumpers
Moonbattery —
... And the reason the Obamacrats want to take away your freedom to choose whether or not to have health insurance is because they are concerned about people "free-loading" on other people. Obama's Teleprompter made him justify the jail terms thusly, "Penalties are appropriate for people who try to free ride the system and force others to pay for their health insurance.” ...
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Stones Cry Out —
... President Obama doesn’t think that the prospect of jail time over choosing not buying government-mandated health insurance (and likely choosing not paying the fine) is not the "biggest question" Congress is facing now. Yeah, no big deal. (Riiight.) And in an Irony Alert, candidate Obama ...
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