John Ransom: On Obamacare (and Guns), We Won't Comply
Obamacare, like the tax on tea that saw a load of it dumped into Boston Harbor in 1773, or Colorado's recent Obama-inspired gun grab, is just plain dumb. And they also go against natural law, no matter what a majority of fools on both the left and the right in Washington say. I won't comply. Nor should you.
LATER: And from the American Thinker, Matthew May writes "I will not comply."
I will not comply because I am a free citizen of the United States, not a subject of its government. I consider non-compliance with this monstrosity and the tens of thousands of pages of regulations that are to be enforced by an unelected bureaucracy, and that have left a gigantic carbon footprint on our environment and the United States Constitution, a duty.
Non-compliance is my executive order, and that order reads in part that I do not recognize any government's claim on my action or inaction in the marketplace, nor upon any personal information I am unwilling to divulge.
I will not submit to a cabal who read George Orwell's 1984 not as a terrifying warning, but as an instruction manual. Nor will I submit to the dictates of those who attempt to trample the right of free speech of others in the halls of government who are warning us about the looming tyranny. I refer to those sons of liberty who, as Camus wrote, "are not all legitimate or to be admired. Those who applaud it only when it justifies their privileges and shout nothing but censorship when it threatens them are not on our side."
If (when) the IRS or HHS or any other such entity attempts to extort a tax or fee of any kind for not participating in mandated commerce, they will be met with resistance. I will not pay any such tax or fee.
I live in Massachusetts, where, once upon a time, a spirit of resistance and independence animated much of the citizenry. But many here have devolved from the shot heard round the world to sheltering in place. Not I -- nor many of my fellow Bay Staters, who are outnumbered but undaunted.
Refusing to comply with the dictates of an illegitimate law that is selectively enforced, and from which the privileged few are exempted, is not, in the annals of American history, brave or difficult. Those who refuse to comply are not barefoot in the snows of Valley Forge, crying out in agony at Gettysburg, or rushing the cockpit of Flight 93. While there will be consequences to civil disobedience in defiance of oppression, any difficulties can be and will be overcome.
We are, however, drawing a line that the forces of repression, socialism, and tyranny must not cross. Some might even color the line red. Yet unlike a certain other, this red line is immovable. I yield nothing on the plane of freedom. I will not take any small step that is, in actuality, one giant leap backward to the darkness we thought we had vanquished.
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For those who don't want to comply, without enduring the risk of disobeying: (hardship #3 is easy to come by, just leave a bill unpaid for a couple of months, and pay in full when the shutoff notice arrives) (hardship #8 is actually comical, if you don't have insurance and needed it to pay your medical bills, you don't have to buy medical insurance)
Exemptions from the payment
Under certain circumstances, you won’t have to make the individual responsibility payment. This is called an “exemption.”
You may qualify for an exemption if:
1. You’re uninsured for less than 3 months of the year
2. The lowest-priced coverage available to you would cost more than 8% of your household income
3. You don’t have to file a tax return because your income is too low (Learn about the filing limit.)
4. You’re a member of a federally recognized tribe or eligible for services through an Indian Health Services provider
5. You’re a member of a recognized health care sharing ministry
6. You’re a member of a recognized religious sect with religious objections to insurance, including Social Security and Medicare
7. You’re incarcerated, and not awaiting the disposition of charges against you
8. You’re not lawfully present in the U.S.
Hardship exemptions
If you have any of the circumstances below that affect your ability to purchase health insurance coverage, you may qualify for a “hardship” exemption:
1. You were homeless.
2. You were evicted in the past 6 months or were facing eviction or foreclosure.
3. You received a shut-off notice from a utility company.
4. You recently experienced domestic violence.
5. You recently experienced the death of a close family member.
6. You experienced a fire, flood, or other natural or human-caused disaster that caused substantial damage to your property.
7. You filed for bankruptcy in the last 6 months.
8. You had medical expenses you couldn’t pay in the last 24 months.
9. You experienced unexpected increases in necessary expenses due to caring for an ill, disabled, or aging family member.
10. You expect to claim a child as a tax dependent who’s been denied coverage in Medicaid and CHIP, and another person is required by court order to give medical support to the child. In this case, you do not have the pay the penalty for the child.
11. As a result of an eligibility appeals decision, you’re eligible for enrollment in a qualified health plan (QHP) through the Marketplace, lower costs on your monthly premiums, or cost-sharing reductions for a time period when you weren’t enrolled in a QHP through the Marketplace.
12. You were determined ineligible for Medicaid because your state didn’t expand eligibility for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
Myself, I'm going with the Jane Roe defense:
"I hereby invoke my Constitutional right to medical privacy in accordance with Roe v Wade"
Have no insurance on this end, I pay my own doctor bills with cash. And I won't sign up for Obamacare, EVER. I draw the same line the author did.
Link o' the day:
http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/is-the-lefts-new-attack-on-self-insurance-an-example-of-obamacare-sleaze-and-corruption-or-an-example-of-why-government-run-healthcare-doesnt-work/
From his lips to God's ears.
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DixieDennis
The most powerful word in the world: NO!
Yesterday and today, in Mordor (formerly known as Washington DC), veterans refused Sauron's orders to stay out of the memorials. These people are leading by example.
Oppression only occurs when it is allowed.
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