Buy Health Insurance or go to Jail

I wonder if folks consider that everything the Federal Government does is, in the end, forced at the point of a gun.

Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it "Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold."

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