i work, i pay taxes. should i be punished again because the government cant figure out how to fix what is wrong with out making me pay more. why dont they try to cut a few of the governors pay? they get all fired up when aig got bonuses, but they say nothing when the fellow governors and state house workers get there raise every year. they need to look internally and stop making these cuts that are destroying the nation.

So if they decide to force me to pay $250 a month ($4000 per year) for the worst insurance available in my age group, or pay a $1000 fine, obviously I’ll pay the fine. I won’t get any extra services for my $1000, so that’s 5% more of my income gone to pay for the wars rather than my own health care. Millions of the poorest Americans will have to pay that extra $1000 rather than buy medicine for their own children, I am not unique in that sense.

My other choices would be getting residency in a Central American country (which most poor Americans couldn’t do), work 80+ hours a week (if I could find more employers), or get an apartment for $100 a month, which is possible but would not have running water, electricity, or obviously the wifi I need for work. Or, I could take out a loan and go back to university to get another degree and job, and be tens of thousands of dollars in debt. Or I could join the military and get free health care.

Now, I produce products that are sold worldwide, by US-based corporations, and which are taxed in several ways. These products bring money into the USA from other countries using capitalism, and the taxes obviously help pay for the Senators’ cars, clothing, and wars. If I join the military to get free health care, the USA loses those products and as a soldier, I am basically a ward of the state – you all have to pay for all my needs, not just health care. That’s a net loss for the USA, all you get is maybe a few more dead Iraqis rather than my healthy contribution to US capitalism. Maybe that’s what the government would prefer?

I was 100% for health care reform. I often work in Costa Rica, which has better health care than the USA thanks to a two-tiered system that provides universal basic health care for the public and better care for people with private insurance. I thought that would be a great idea for the USA. Costa Rica doesn’t fine its poorest citizens 5% of their income because they can’t afford to pay for private insurance; the CR government understands that their poorest citizens aren’t wasting that money on cars and big houses, that money is used for survival. I guess my government assumes that I’m spending that $250/month I could use for insurance on stupid things, maybe new shoes or a car. But I own three pairs of shoes and take the bus.

Ugh, frustrating. Stupid. Rich people are so stupid, this is such a “let them eat cake” moment for the Democrats. Anyway, thanks for letting me rant. If you ask me what my solution would be, I would ask you to look at Costa Rica’s health care plan.

Any tax or fine which forces Americans to accept government run insurance is unacceptable. The government has no right to tell us how we are to maintain our personal health. There should be no compromise on this.

Now if you fail to pay that tax (just like any other tax), you get threatened by fines/jail time.

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/11/imprisoned-for-not-having-health-care/

Those are the exact kinds of issues that normal Americans deal with everyday, and government doesn’t understand it, nor does the government want to. This health bill is about CONTROL, and that is all. Forcing people to pay for substandard government regulated healthcare is the last this we need. And then they top it off by trying to FINE you if you don’t go along with it, or can’t afford it?! The idea sounds insane until you realize they don’t care about you, they just want authority over every tiny facet of your life.