Quote Originally Posted by DeusExMachina View Post
Am I the only one who thinks its not that bad? It's a fee for people that wait until they're sick to get health insurance. Sounds kind of fair to the insurance companies.
Quote Originally Posted by 00tec View Post
You seriously think is is perfectly acceptable that I am being taxed for simply existing?
It's far more than that. You can now be taxed/penalized for not doing/buying something. If congress decides everyone needs to drive a hybrid, but I don't want one, they can tax me for not buying one. I hate the taste of liver but congress decides everyone should eat it - they can tax me for choosing not to eat liver. This has given congress unlimited power. There is nothing they cannot do via coercive taxation that forces people to participate in an existing market, or creates a new market, they then regulate via the commerce clause.

I can see this happening - In the future congress decides in order to curb unsustainable population growth, mass birth control is necessary. Women who choose not to take one of several approved chemical birth control methods provided by government sanctioned corporate suppliers are subject to a 'shared excess population burden' penalty. This penalty will still apply to women who don't plan to have any children or would rather use natural birth control methods allowed by their own conscience/religious teachings. I know there are plenty of you who have religious objections to artificial birth control and family planning. Welcome to the new Amerika.

There is something very wrong happening in this country and John Roberts is no friend to liberty. The ideas of limited government and personal freedom died today.