This is the worst part of Obamacare - enabling the government to tax people for NOT taking an action. Out government is a system of precedent. From now on, every debate will begin with “As determined in Obamacare, we can level a tax on the people for not buying (insert something here) to subsidize lower costs for the participants.”
And the precedent and “logic” can be applied to ANYTHING.
Exactly right...
“IF” you and I can be taxed for something that we “don’t do”...
can we be taxed for...
...not buying a car?
...not buying a house?
...not having a retirement plan?