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Old 04-06-2010, 10:31 PM
 
Location: Aloha, Oregon
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OK so the IRS can have you jailed for not having health insurance.....
Who is currently in jail for not paying their taxes? Probably no one.
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Old 04-06-2010, 10:50 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Now rightwingers are getting on a guy's case for having tax issues. What's next? You're going to say census botchers should be jailed after a Dem misspells their street?

Well when the "guy" happens to be the Treasury Sec. you kind of expect him to pay his taxes!
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Old 04-06-2010, 10:51 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Who is currently in jail for not paying their taxes? Probably no one.

Yes I am certain that is true there is no one in jail right now for not paying taxes. Very asstute observation!
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Old 04-06-2010, 11:10 PM
 
Location: Aloha, Oregon
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Yes I am certain that is true there is no one in jail right now for not paying taxes. Very asstute observation!
Thank you.
Isn't it only fair that someone who chooses not to buy health insurance should pay extra for all those uninsured people who end up in emergency rooms around the country? After all, they may be one of them some day. Care at emergency rooms is VERY expensive!
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Old 04-06-2010, 11:30 PM
 
Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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I wonder what will happen to you if you fail to buy health insurance and refuse to pay the IRS?
IRS could tap refunds for health insurance penalties | Reuters
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Old 04-06-2010, 11:36 PM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Coburn Implores Audience To Not Be ‘Biased By Fox News’


Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) regularly appears on Fox News. But at a recent town hall meeting, he accurately criticized the network for pushing misinformation about health care reform. When an audience member said that she believed the false claim that the new health care reform law meant that the IRS “can put us in prison” for not having health insurance, Coburn cut her off, saying that despite what they may have heard on Fox News, “the intention is not to put anybody in jail”:
"The intention?" So, what happens if you don't do it. Does Obama make you a White House advisor or are you next in line to run the Treasury department?
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Old 04-06-2010, 11:55 PM
 
Location: Aloha, Oregon
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"The intention?" So, what happens if you don't do it. Does Obama make you a White House advisor or are you next in line to run the Treasury department?
You should be the Newsbusters queen. Oh, maybe you are!
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Old 04-07-2010, 12:15 AM
 
Location: USA
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Coburn is a liberal plant. Let's tar & feather him.
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Old 04-07-2010, 04:07 AM
 
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I wonder what will happen to you if you fail to buy health insurance and refuse to pay the IRS?
Nothing. Apparently, there's nothing in the law that punishes people for not paying the fine.
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Old 04-07-2010, 04:16 AM
 
Location: Minneapolis
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Saying Fox news is a good reliable source of news and information is less realistic than saying Rupert Murdoch is a demon sent from hell to corrupt the earth.
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