[ConjunctionJunction]

Does the federal government require you to work? And if you don’t work do you have to pay a fine/tax or go to jail?

[MrChips]

Require us to work? Well, yeah, after they set up the Gulags for the people who don’t pay fines, we will all be provided with work.

[dblshot]

Good point, if you don't work do you still get free health care? Well of course. For those of us who do work and can afford health insurance, we may have less choice and at a higher cost but for those marginally employed, just making it at Mikey D's or wherever, the additional cost of insurance may be enough make them decide to stay home and join a soon to be growing economic underground. When businesses get the choice between an 8% payroll fine or providing expensive insurance, workers are going to get the shaft big time and if the unions think they are immune they have another think coming. Why would anyone hire a union worker and pay for these heath care plans when they can go overseas? Not to mention the consumers who used to buy union made products aren't going to have as much money. That's why the unions are so active in organizing health care workers now. That's where all the money is going to go.