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Rhode Island Dems Submit Bill To Double State Income Tax For Parents Of Unvaccinated Minors
your news.com ^ | 4/20/2022 | Alexander Connell

Posted on 04/20/2022 3:22:53 PM PDT by Signalman

Rhode Island Democrats want to punish the parents of children who refused to submit to the COVID vaccine mandates.

If passed, the bill will financially cripple individuals by doubling their personal income tax and requiring them to pay a monthly fine of $50.

State Senator Samuel Bell is the lead legislator backing the bill, which mandates all Rhode Island residents, workers, and taxpayers receive a COVID-19 vaccine as well as any subsequent boosters that the state’s director of the department of health shall require.

The bill’s text can be read here. (See link)

The law will apply to every person “of at least 16 years of age” as well as every person “under 16 years of age” and over 10 years of age.

In order to receive an exemption for a minor, an extremely strict requirement has been drafted into the bill. Parents will need to have three different doctors state on record that the child is “not fit for immunization” and the child themselves will have to place their signature on the form.

The state’s department of health will then be vested with the power to investigate each individual case and, without details provided as to how the determination might be made, may summarily reject the petition and reinstate monetary penalties on the minor’s guardians.

Employers, both public and private, will be tasked with enforcing the legislation as well. If an employee who is not strictly working remotely fails to provide proof of vaccine and his employer fails to terminate his employment, that employer will receive a monthly fine of $5,000 imposed on them.

Bell, who is personally motivated due to an ailing newborn son with a compromised immune system, was joined by Senators Mack, Acosta, Anderson, Seveney, and Mendes in introducing this bill.

To justify the legislation, Bell has pointed critics in the direction of a Boston Globe piece by journalist Dan McGowan that makes the claim that nearly 65% of residents support a statewide mandate. This number comes from a survey that was conducted by a ‘joint project’ known as the COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public Police Preferences Across States.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: incometax; minors; rhodeisland
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To: captain_jonas

Most could keep their job while moving out of state and still not have much of a commute. It’s 48 x 37 miles.


41 posted on 04/20/2022 3:55:23 PM PDT by Pollard (AD)
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To: clee1

No Quarter, No Mercy, No Bag Limit. Dem’s keep pushing and then will whine like little candy ass pansies when someone pushes back. The level of Dem arrogance is insane


42 posted on 04/20/2022 3:57:42 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: mrmeyer

Bring a step ladder


43 posted on 04/20/2022 3:57:49 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Signalman

Put this in your body or you don’t get the job - Harvey Weinstein


44 posted on 04/20/2022 3:58:19 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Signalman

Example #347 of why people need to elect a pro-2nd amendment, constitutional sheriff in their counties.

The deep state weenies that the fascists send out to enforce their illegal dictates will back down when confronted with a heavily-armed sheriff SWAT team.


45 posted on 04/20/2022 4:00:58 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: TexasGurl24

you realize no one has sued them, right?


46 posted on 04/20/2022 4:04:13 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Signalman
Where do these tyrants come from? Why does New England have so many?

47 posted on 04/20/2022 4:04:51 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Signalman

I don’t remember any thing close to these actions during the AIDS epidemic.


48 posted on 04/20/2022 4:07:28 PM PDT by outpostinmass2
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To: Signalman
2020 Election Rhode Island


49 posted on 04/20/2022 4:11:07 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Signalman; Tilted Irish Kilt; Pollard; Roman_War_Criminal; SaveFerris; null and void

The tyranny is palpable.


50 posted on 04/20/2022 4:13:27 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: Da Coyote
Oboy, the law suits on this will make the libs poor and the lawyers rich.

Only if there are law-abiding judges in RI.

51 posted on 04/20/2022 4:13:37 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
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To: Diogenesis

And? That’s irrelevant.

It’s a clown satire website.

They even say as much in their disclaimer.


52 posted on 04/20/2022 4:14:16 PM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Signalman
What the F?.

Better not propose this carp in OK...

53 posted on 04/20/2022 4:15:05 PM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: captain_jonas; frogjerk; SamuraiScot; Sirius Lee; Boogieman; Pollard
You think every person can just pack up and leave willy nilly?

You would be wise to structure your life in the future to be able to do just such a thing.

We are surrounded by Nazis.

54 posted on 04/20/2022 4:15:35 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: captain_jonas

“You think every person can just pack up and leave willy nilly?’

Yeah, they could in many cases. Others it would take a few months. Find another job somewhere else. Take the hit on your credit rating to let the bank repo the house.


55 posted on 04/20/2022 4:16:06 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: captain_jonas

If you can’t then you are not free.

That said, it would be difficult for me get up and leave from where I live now, but only because I love where I’m at. And I don’t have kids in school and all that other stuff that holds people where they are.

But you should always have an “exit ramp”.


56 posted on 04/20/2022 4:18:54 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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To: captain_jonas
Hey numb newb...........

Where the hell you think you are?

57 posted on 04/20/2022 4:18:57 PM PDT by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: Signalman

Good move by the Democrats. Democrats already realize the only people not suffering severe Vax side effects are the unVaxed. The unvaxed are therefore the only people likely able to continue to earn a taxable income.


58 posted on 04/20/2022 4:20:21 PM PDT by hflynn ( )
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To: captain_jonas
You think every person can just pack up and leave willy nilly?

It's a teeny tiny state. Of course they can.

59 posted on 04/20/2022 4:21:30 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is i)
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To: Signalman

Clearly illegal.


60 posted on 04/20/2022 4:22:37 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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