06-28-2012, 04:48 PM
Firecrest Wrote:Word it how you want Alyse, but governments have been forcing the purchase of services forever. Imposing a financial charge on an entity is the definition of a tax.mascaron Wrote:Then give the government the power to force purchases.Firecrest Wrote:Gov can't make you buy things. But they can fine tax you if you don't buy things. This is a completely logical system we have in place.YA! Why haven't you been arguing against auto insurance requirements, FDA restaurant requirements, and vendor licenses? Oh wait, because ALL of those, including healthcare, do make complete, logical sense.
Firecrest Wrote:What I’m saying is that the stupidity of disallowing the government to force purchases but allowing them to fine non-purchasers is just, well... stupid. It reeks of loophole and is not how our government should be run.A tax "is not a voluntary payment or donation, but an enforced contribution, exacted pursuant to legislative authority" and is "any contribution imposed by government [...] whether under the name of toll, tribute, tallage, gabel, impost, duty, custom, excise, subsidy, aid, supply, or other name."
DON'T TREAD ON ME!