[E. Pluribus Unum]

The state Department of Revenue plans to hike the 2011 penalty by about 9 percent for residents who are able to afford health insurance but fail to buy it.

So, people who can't "afford" health insurance don't have to purchase it, but people who can "afford" it do?

Sounds like unequal protection under the law, to me.

Lefties don't believe all men are created equal.

They believe nobody is equal to them.

[ltc8k6]

Yep, and the people who “can afford” it are also buying it for the rest...