Um, idiot?
Romney eyes penalties for those lacking insurance
| By Scott S. Greenberger, Globe Staff | June 22, 2005 |
Massachusetts residents who choose not to obtain health insurance would face tax penalties and even the garnishing of their wages under a proposal Governor Mitt Romney unveiled yesterday.
Romney says the ‘‘individual mandate” he is proposing, part of his broader plan to cover the roughly 500,000 people who are uninsured, would not cost the state any money. But some healthcare specialists say the approach might cost hundreds of millions of dollars more than state taxpayers currently provide for government health coverage.</i>
This is just nuts. First off, if you can’t afford health insurance, why does this moron think you can afford a fine? And secondly, since when is it the state’s business if we have health insurance or not?
