Mandatory insurance is a tax

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Brian Schwartz

Some links to good articles on this:

Sorry, O: It Is a Tax, Michael Tanner, Cato

Health ‘Reform’ Is Income Redistribution, Michael Leavitt, Al Hubbard and Keith Hennessey, Wall Street Journal (via FIRM)

Nobody Considers Health Insurance Mandates a Tax? Really??, Michael Cannon. … Except for Obama’s National Economic Council chair, Obama’s appointee to HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, and the Congressional Budget Office

Now We See the Violence Inherent in the System: check out the hand-written note by the head of Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation. Failure to comply with mandated insurance is akin to tax evasion

Rhetorical Tax Evasion (Wall Street Journal)
“The IRS says it will fine or jail you for not paying Obama’s mandate levy.”

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