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Take Your Seat in the Penalty Box

Washington, Apr 22 -

Hockey players who break the rules get sent to the penalty box. Pretty soon, ObamaCare’s bureaucrat referees will start blowing the whistle on 4 million Americans to penalize them for not buying government-approved health insurance. And by the way, these are the same people on whom President Obama repeatedly promised not to raise taxes. Shouldn’t there be a penalty for breaking campaign promises?     

• “Nearly 4 million Americans will have to pay a penalty if they fail to get health insurance when that element of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law kicks in, according to congressional projections released Thursday.”              

• “The penalties will average a little more than $1,000 apiece in 2016, the Congressional Budget Office said in a report.”

• “The vast majority of people paying the fine will be middle class, which would violate Obama's 2008 campaign pledge not to raise taxes on individuals making less than $200,000 a year and couples making less than $250,000.”