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November 07, 2009
Not to worry! The president promised!
When Barack Obama was campaigning against Hillary Clinton, he repeatedly promised that his health insurance plan would not be compulsory, and stated that this was one of the important differences between him and Hillary Clinton. This was not a minor disagreement. In fact, things got so bad that Barack Obama sent out this scary leaflet, with the following warning: Hillary's health care plan forces everyone to buy insurance, even if you can't afford it.
Hillary then responded with a withering "SHAME ON YOU!" broadside, bitterly and angrily accusing Barack Obama of betraying "core Democratic principles" and "undermining core Democratic values," and acting like Karl Rove! And watching it all brings back reassuring memories of the nice, reasonable Barack Obama, a man who repeatedly said he would not force Americans to buy health insurance. I had almost forgotten about these campaign promises, and I'm so relieved, because now I can assume we don't need to worry about the Democrats' health care plan which would make it a serious federal crime, punishable with imprisonment of up to five years, to not have health insurance: 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.Yes, it certainly is outrageous. And in light of his campaign promises, naturally the president will do everything he can to stop it immediately, and if it passes, he'll promptly veto it. I guess I shouldn't have been worried after all. posted by Eric on 11.07.09 at 05:27 PM
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Remembering things is antisocial. guy on internet · November 7, 2009 09:38 PM Beautiful! Everyone with individual insurance loses their policy, can't buy one until 2013 (when the exchange is supposed to be set up) AND we get to pay an additional 2.5% income tax for the privilege. Tell me this bill doesn't have as one of its primary purposes the destruction of small businesses and entrepreneurs. I dare you to tell me it doesn't. brian · November 7, 2009 11:59 PM Yeh, it's OK. The press will give him hell over this. Just you watch. Brett_McS · November 8, 2009 01:40 AM Remembering things isn't antisocial. It's just racist. Robin S. · November 9, 2009 11:55 AM Post a comment
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I wonder if it is possible to sue politicians for either breach of promise or false advertising. One could argue that Mr. Obama has already flagrantly broken a number of his campaign promises and that those promises are much like a promise to wed someone, or that they also were a form of advertising to get people to vote for him so it looks as though either action should be possible. Then again, maybe we ought to get the Consumer Protection Agency involved since they have more than enough time to worry about such things as minuscule amounts of lead in the ink of older children's books or kids eating their all terrain vehicles.