Here is some interesting, albeit frightening, trivia concerning our wonderful new enslavement health insurance bill:
According to Caleb, you could fit 3.41 copies of his Moby Dick
into the bill.
Speaking personally, it would take 1.86 copies of my Atlas Shrugged to measure up to the same length as the health insurance bill.
From Real Clear Politics, we find that:
It’s going to take some time to deconstruct this lengthy masterpiece, but as you flip through the pages of the House bill, you will notice the word “regulation” appears 181 times. “Tax” is there 214 times. “Fees,” 103 times. As we all know, nothing says “affordability” like higher taxes and fees.
The word “shall” – as in “must” or “required to” – appears over 3,000 times. The word, alas, is never preceded by the patriotic phrase “mind our own freaking business.” Not once.
The Wall Street Journal informs us of these details:
On Nov. 2, the Congressional Budget Office estimated what the plans will likely cost. An individual earning $44,000 before taxes who purchases his own insurance will have to pay a $5,300 premium and an estimated $2,000 in out-of-pocket expenses, for a total of $7,300 a year, which is 17% of his pre-tax income. A family earning $102,100 a year before taxes will have to pay a $15,000 premium plus an estimated $5,300 out-of-pocket, for a $20,300 total, or 20% of its pre-tax income. Individuals and families earning less than these amounts will be eligible for subsidies paid directly to their insurer.
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• Sec. 59b (pp. 297-299) says that when you file your taxes, you must include proof that you are in a qualified plan. If not, you will be fined thousands of dollars. Illegal immigrants are exempt from this requirement.
From Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Consitution, we discover that the health insurance bill could very well violate the country’s prohibition against “bills of attainder” – in this case, you either buy health insurance, or you face stiff financial penalties without the benefit of a trial.
Hot Air tells us just how much this debacle might really cost:
Maybe the bill passed by the House on Saturday night will stay within its cost projections. Of course, you have several cost projections to choose from. The Democrats’ cost claims are all ridiculous lies, designed using accounting techniques that would land private businessmen in jail, just in time to save them from being drawn and quartered by stockholders. The Heritage Foundation’s estimate of $2.4 to $2.6 trillion over 10 years, beginning when the House bill transitions from front-loaded tax hikes to full Daffy Duck freak-out spending in 2014, is the most logical projection of its true costs I’ve seen.
And remember – not a one of the Representatives actually owned up to reading this beast. Talk about “warm and fuzzies”…
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