Quote:
Originally Posted by rahl
This tax isn't any different from any other tax in america. You don't have to buy insurance, if you don't you pay a higher tax. Just like you don't have to smoke cigarettes, but if you do you are going to pay a HUGE tax on them. Neither is illegal or unconstitutional.
|
A more accurate analogy to this health care bill's requirement to purchase a private industry product (insurance) would be "you don't have to buy cigarettes but if you don't buy a government dictated quantity each year you will be fined."