In the House bill it says,

H.R. 3962, the House-passed bill, requires people to have health insurance, unless they are below a certain income threshold ($9,350 for singles, $18,700 for couples in 2009). Those who don’t get coverage will be subject to a tax of 2.5 percent of their adjusted income beyond that threshold, up to the cost of the average national premium.

That was the House bill!

Now here's where the confusion and half truth comes in.

Sections of the current Internal Revenue Code, laying out the consequences of willful tax nonpayment.

Depending on the level of the noncompliance, the following penalties could apply to an individual:

■Section 7203 - misdemeanor wilful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year.
■Section 7201 - felony wilful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.

That is not wording in the bill, but in the internal revenue code as noted. Sections 7201, 7203!

Normally noncompliance is handled in civil court without a jail penalty.

In the Senate, the Finance Committee’s health care bill was amended to nullify the possibility of jail time for not paying the penalty tax. It stipulates that in the case of nonpayment, "such taxpayer shall not be subject to any criminal prosecution or penalty with respect to such failure." Instead, the Senate measure would allow the government to collect the tax by deducting it from any IRS tax-refund checks or other government payments.

Satisfied?

Limbaugh, Palin, and Republican blogs are full of misinformation and half-truths.
Don't believe a word they say. If their lips are moving, they are lying!

Since the other thread is offically dead, by being proved as Republican misinformation, I thought the Reality and truth deserved a thread of its own!

Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

One would think after our disastrous eight-year wallow in crackbrained fantasyland the republicans would wake up and throw some cold water on their faces and say "whoa" what were we thinking but nope they are still willing to swallow all that BS hook line and sinker. I blame FOX news

I busted that myth all to h3ll, wouldn't you say?

LMAO

I declared the other thread DEAD!

LMAO

It'll take them awhile before REALITY actually sets in and they abandon their myth!

Not so quick there dude....

Your quote works just as well your thread too...

quote:

Thread dead!

Move along folks nothing to see hear but BS!

Why you instigating devil you!
LOL

It doesn't die so easily when it's fact!

Good Night all and Mery Christmas!

We'll continue this at a different time, same channel!

They wont let reality set in. They are still buying Pallins book. The earth is flat and is the center of the universe. In their world every time a bell rings an angel get its wings.

Your fantasies will die exceptionally hard as well, Fanta.

Jail, no jail.....one way or the other...the government has you over a barrel.

Enjoy all those nice barbed wire screwings the people will get at the hands of the IRS.

Yep. And every time the Democrats say " Trust us ", that Pavlovian Dogs that are the Liberals start drooling and unquestioningly lap up whatever BS they are being fed.

Merry Christmas, Fanta.

FYI it was nixon who said "trust me"

Meh. He also said he wasn't a crook.

Like anyone would ever believe THAT coming from a politician....lol

Lets not forget Britney Spears

Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that," she said.

She said she trusted President Bush
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/03/britney.spears/index.html

Reality anyone?