There's a popular video circulating on the 'net right now about how
to escape handcuffs without using a key. Americans are watching the
video to bone up on essential skills that will soon be needed for
health care reform, it seems, since the new laws that are about to be
put in place call for Americans to be arrested and thrown in jail if
they refuse to buy health insurance.
This has now been confirmed
by Tom Barthold, the Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
in a hand-written note to a Republican Senator (
http://www.politico.com/livepulse/0...).
And it's not merely about jail time; it's also about the $25,000 fine
that could be levied by the IRS against individuals who refuse to buy
health insurance.
That this is even being considered just
boggles the mind. If a person is too broke to afford health insurance
right …