Posted on 02/17/2011 5:35:20 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Rep. Jackson-Lee: No Penalty in ObamaCare, Only an Incentive to Buy Health Insurance Thursday, February 17, 2011 By Matt Cover
(CNSNews.com) Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) claimed that there was no financial penalty for not having health insurance under the new health care law, saying that it was in fact an incentive to get people to do the right thing.
At a House Judiciary Committee hearing about the individual mandate to buy insurance, Jackson-Lee said, I would make the argument, one, that it [the individual mandate] is an incentive to do right that it is not penalizing you because a penalty is punishment, and youre not punished if you have health insurance, in fact.
And so, you are in fact incentivized to have health insurance rather than take the negative, which is to suggest that because you have a penalty youre being punished, she said.
Jackson-Lee is incorrect, however, as the language of the law clearly states the following: If an applicable individual fails to meet the requirement of subsection (a) [have government-approved insurance]
there is hereby imposed a penalty with respect to the individual, Section 5000A of the law reads.
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Missus Yaklike-Flea, I can help you do this much better:
And so, you are in point of fact non-negatively-incentivized to not un-have health insurance rather than deline to avoid the negative, which is the contrapositive of the inverse of suggesting that because you didn't miss having a penalty, isn't the same as a obverse-positive reward, meaning youre not escaping the negative of the opposite of being punished, she said.
By her reasoning, ex-congressmen William J. Jefferson is serving 13 years in a federal penitentiary as an “incentive” for him to not hide bribery money in his freezer.
Michael Berry is sharp. And very funny. He is one of the few people on radio that is absolutely politically incorrect. He will mimic blacks, hispanics and asians in ways nobody else has the guts to. He can somewhat get away with this because he is married to an Indian immigrant and has an adopted child who is black.
He said late yesterday that the Lulac types are protecting him today. See his web site here
He has a funny bit on Jackson-Lee here
But it's a NASTY head of cabbage. Her staff turnover rate is about 10 times that of other congresscritters.
There are a lot af her constituents who think she's a buffoon and an embarassment. Unfortunately, in her gerrymandered district, we haven't been able to get her out. My wife and I donated $300 or so to her last competitor. But she consistently plays the race card, and constantly says stupid stuff like this to keep her name recognition up. And it works with her supporters.
I hope I get "redistricted" out of her district. She's not only an embarassment, she's a racist communist, and a vicious one.
You have my sympathy. I live in Massachusetts.
trisham: You have my sympathy. I live in Massachusetts.
Me too! /AOL
My rep is the luser John Olver, redstributionist, statist, liar, gun-grabber, and all-around scumbag IMO.
When he had a challenger in 2008, there was only one letter of support in the local paper that said (in effect) he brings home the pork, so re-elect him.
Oy vey. I hear you. My Rep is John Fernandes and my Senator is Richard Moore.
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