"Do you consider the fine for not carrying auto insurance to be a tax? "
Do they call it a fine? If one could pay all expenses out of pocket for a car accident and its consequences, then he or she should not be required to have car insurance. If someone cannot afford this and does not carry insurance, then there is a court system to hold them accountable for their actions. Likewise, if a person can afford out of pocket health care, great. If not, they should buy insurance, find a job that has insurance as a benefit, work with the hospitals to arrange payment plans, rely on the charity of friends and family. You know, the things everyone did for the first 200 years of our country. "Why is that so hard for people to grasp? It's the exactly what the insurance companies wanted - for everyone to be required to pay them money, and for the government to pick up the tab for those who can't afford to pay for it." It's hard to grasp that Obama and his progressive statist cronies sold out the people for big business? Hardly. Maureen, I do believe that the leader ship of the parties (I'll call them Democrats and Republicans for simplicity even though it is completely unfair to the actual voters in these parties) form the front lines of corporate warfare. The are the colonels serving under their corporate generals. J - The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson. - FDR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347007 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
