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RUSH: I want to remind you, some of you might remember this, but I caught a lot of heat back in 2009 and 2010, and maybe into 2011, when I learned how the IRS was going to collect fines from people on Obamacare. You know, you pay a fine if you don't get an insurance policy. And it all relates to the individual mandate and the business mandate and all this sort of stuff and how you're gonna be dealt with if you don't sign up, don't go to an exchange, don't buy a policy from somewhere.

There's a schedule that people will pay fines. The fines are cheaper than policies the first couple years on purpose. It doesn't take long, though, that the fines end up being more expensive than the policies, but the fines being cheaper than the policy are designed to get people to pay the fines first if they don't want insurance. It's a psychological thing. And I remember telling people, the only way the IRS is empowered to collect the money is by seizing money from you via your tax return.

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