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In reply to the discussion: Is the mandate a violation of the First Amendment? [View all]trof
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No one forces anyone to buy a house, that is a choice, you don't get fined for not owning a house.
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#8
I'm saying that there are people who cannot afford it. Even a small extra amount of money
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#12
Only because this is something they have been trying to do for decades and they were not
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#18
Those taxes go to the peoples' elected agents; that being the government to do as it wishes.
Uncle Joe
Jun 2012
#23
Considering that money is speech now, not something the FFs probably had in mind, but
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#9
No because taxes go to your elected representatives; the government, supposedly you
Uncle Joe
Jun 2012
#24
But you don't send the check directly to the Government Contractors, it goes to the IRS
1-Old-Man
Jun 2012
#27
no, you pay the income tax or "penalty" or whatever you want to call it to the irs.
unblock
Jun 2012
#29
I wouldn't care if I didn't believe the ACA with the mandate to be a Trojan Horse.
Uncle Joe
Jun 2012
#34