Today's Drudge Report, Pelosi, Buy a 15,000 Policy or Go to Jail, for up to Five Years

Today’s Drudge Report boldly states that the Pelosi healthcare reform plan could penalize non buyers of her bill’s health care policy for up to five years in prison. The media has a responsibility to research and either confirm or deny these provisions.

Should the Drudge article’s assertion be correct, not only should the bill be defeated, impeachment proceedings of Speaker Pelosi should be considered immediately. If Drudge’s assertion and the documentation of the charge is factual it would indicate that there is something radically wrong with a Speaker that would propose, consider, advocate, in this House bill, the jailing of grandmothers, mothers, grandfathers, fathers, veterans, special needs individuals, young couples, single adults, regardless of marital, or economic status.

This proposal if true would be cause apriori to proceed with a full and complete investigation of any and all who have proposed this devastating idea. The press and the public needs to be thoroughly and analytically informed on this, and if true Speaker Pelosi must either resign or be impeached.

This is still America with individual freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness cannot be denied by mandate. This assertion must be investigated by all in the Congress and the media. If the article is not true the nation needs to know that fact. If it is true then the authors of this horrible provision must be held accountable and removed (if elected officials) from office, and the bill defeated.

Please read the following from the Committee on Ways and Means Republican Ranking Member Dave Camp, and the JCT letter, Joint Committee on Taxation. Press Release Nov 06, 2009, “If the government determines that the taxpayer’s unpaid tax liability results from wilful behavoir, the following penalties could apply…”(Page2) As Cited in Today’s November 7, Drudge Report,

Criminal penalties

Prosecution is authorized under the Code for a variety of offenses. Depending on the level of the noncompliance, the following penalties could apply to an individual:
• Section 7203 – misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year.
• Section 7201 – felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.” [page 3]

— Dr. Phillips, response in NY Times 11.7.09