So, When You Go To Jail For Failing To Buy Corporate Health Insurance

[Yavin4]

Then at least you'd government provided health care in jail, free of charge.

Ahh, so that's where the Public Option is.

Now, I get it.

[cliffordu]

1. Bogus posit exposed on another post.

[NYC_SKP]

3. You beat me to it.

You were reading my mind.

Get out of my head!

[cliffordu]

7. Reading. Feh. There are some interesting pictures, though...

Who izzat blond???

[NYC_SKP]

2. Nobody will go to jail, it would be better to not spread false fear-based rumors. n/t

[depakid]

13. Well, ask Wesley Snipes what happens if you willfully refuse to pay taxes

In order to enforce this- there will have to be some examples made.

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[uppityperson]

5. Who will go to jail and Why Do You Cap The First Letter? Thank god it passed?

[Ozymanithrax]

6. Yes, and they are going to kill your grandma too.

And don't forget, that they are all socialist-communist-Nazi-fascist-Muslims for passing the bill.

[lapfog_1]

8. Nobody will go to jail.

However, if anyone here has ever had the IRS on their ass for non-payment, you might well WISH you were in jail.

Many will just pay the fine. And still do without health insurance.

[SeattleGirl]

9. Good grief.

Can we retire this meme now?

[Arkana]

10. Yeah, and I heard the Preznit's not even an AMURKIN, neither!

[ZombieHorde]

11. Pay checks might be garnished, which is harsh, but I doubt anyone will go to jail for not buying

insurance, but I admit I could be wrong.

[elocs]

12. The old DU adage: if there is no link, it didn't happen. Link please.

I read this claim constantly made, but I never see a link to prove it. Since the jail time is so commonly cited there should be no problem in providing a link to prove it.

In real life there are many crimes which upon conviction can result in jail or prison time, but the reality is that many, even some serious crimes, only result in probation. There is no reason to believe that even if there potentially were jail time for not having health insurance that it would seldom, if ever be imposed but it does make great fodder for inflammatory threads about the bill.

[NanceGreggs]

14. Agreed.

This is an important point that should not be overlooked.

Surely the links proving same are readily available.

Where are they?

[eridani]

15. Won't happen. The IRS will just dock your pay n/t

[midnight]

16. How ironic our govt. provides free health care in prison?

No wonder there are repeat offenders..... They know how to access the system....

[elocs]

17. Again, prove the accusation that people will go to jail. Where's the link?

This is a smear job that is worthy of freepers because it is right down their alley.

For all of those who Rec this thread: PROVE IT! Show us all a link that indicates that people will be casually tossed in jail for not having health insurance.

[Arkana]

21. They don't need to prove it--they believe it, ergo it's true.

HEIL KOOCH!

[Moochy]

23. Citizen's Arrest: Violation of Godwin's Law

Really, "HEIL KOOCH?" Did your mouth-breathing cousin put you up to it?

[Arkana]

24. My "mouth breathing cousin"?

Please elaborate. I'm all ears.

[Moochy]

25. The one who collects german war memorabilia

[Arkana]

26. w...what?

[Moochy]

27. Wow It plays dumb really good

[Arkana]

28. I seriously don't know if you're joking or not but put down the bong and try giving me

a straight answer to my question: What the hell are you talking about?

[Moochy]

29. Your post said "Heil Kooch"

Who says "Heil"? Oh that's right Nazis. Your ham handed inference that people who feel that the current bill should be scrapped and agree with Kucinich are like Nazis. You used the cute DLC name for Kucinich, "Kooch" No surprise that you'd use a fascist tactic and invoke Godwin's Law (the first person to bring up a Nazi reference loses the argument.)

I was joking that your nazi cousin prompted you to do it, since clearly you are not a nazi, you just like to throw crude nazi references around carelessly.

Thickness of skull notwithstanding, was that so fucking hard to figure out from your original reply?

and PS, I doubt that anyone believes that there will be a debtor's prison for failing to pay healthcare premiums.

[Arkana]

30. I'm familiar with Godwin's Law, thanks.

And if no one believes it, why do I see posts that look just like it every day?

[Moochy]

31. Excellent, you don't deny that your first post was what I described,

A broad brush smear against a group you disagree with, invoking the Nazis? Just so everyone is clear on what you are doing.

[Arkana]

33. Oh noes, someone is INSULTING ME! On the INTERNET!

[Moochy]

34. Not just anyone, someone claiming to be an ally

and one who will stoop to using fascist tactics to try and score points. don't be a coward, own it, Arkana.

[Arkana]

35. OK, fine. I "own" it.

By the way, Godwin's Law really only applies when you're arguing--and in my OP I wasn't arguing with anyone.

[Moochy]

36. HEIL ARKANA

[DCBob]

18. Did you get this from Rush Limbaugh?

Sure sounds like it.

[Jersey Devil]

19. You cannot lie your way out of the corner you've painted yourself in

You're the one who will be in jail because no matter how much health care reform improves over the years beginning with this first huge step, you are in a prison of your own in which you are required to get up every day denouncing each passing improvement. And before the first final vote is even done you've reduced yourself to lies about what HCR means to the public. Pretty pathetic.

[Armstead]

20. Even if no jail -- Why is it okay to force people to buy a private productr ?

[Vinca]

22. Maybe they should keep Gitmo open for those of us who can't

afford to pay the fine. It would be a 2fer: free health care and the closest thing to a tropical vacation I've had since 1991.

[gardenista]

32. Now if there were a jail for unmitigated BS...

where's the linky?

[treestar]

37. Insurance jails again?

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

38. This would be funny if some many people didn't actually believe it

ugh.

[onenote]

39. another hit and run bit of stupidity