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.
The precedent has also been set that tax is no longer income based (punishing those who work hard) but is now behavioral based. This opens up a whole new can of worms that I do NOT want to see in a few decades if it continues to remain in place. I can't wait until the government decides that because I'm overweight I should pay an 'unhealthy' tax based on whatever THEY decide is healthy. I know people within an 'acceptable' BMI that drink, smoke and all sorts of fun things that make them unable to keep pace with me on anything physical. Do you think the gubment will be willing to sit down with each individual tax payer to make sure they're healthy or not? Either way, we're straying awfully far from a free nation on this one. Shit's going to get real on this one...

Besides... who is the single largest drain on the health and tax systems right now... people who don't pay tax. You see a philosophical problem here?