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In response to "On the tax thing.. I get the reasons listed except for one thing - choice." by colin

It's akin to car insurance. If you drive, you have to have car insurance.

Posted by Inigo (aka Inigo) Jun 28 '12, 10:47

It you don't, you pay a penalty/tax.

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i can choose not to own a car and pay nothing. -- nm - colin Jun 28, 10:47 15
- You can also choose to not pay your taxes. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 10:53 3
  - not legally. but i can choose not to have a car... legally. -- nm - colin Jun 28, 10:56 2
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      - no, but i have lost 25 lbs since you last saw me. at this rate, i won't have a body soon! -- nm - colin Jun 28, 10:58
- See Don Homer's point. With a body and being alive, you run the risk of needing health care. -- nm - Inigo Jun 28, 10:50 2
  - In other words, having a body would be the equivalent of owning a car in the analogy. -- nm - Inigo Jun 28, 10:51 1
    - good point. what other things will i NEED at some point by having a body? - colin Jun 28, 10:58
- And you can choose to have no health insurance, pay the "tax" and still have US shelling out more of our money for YOUR healthcare needs. -- nm - Jim Jun 28, 10:48 5
  - i don't know about you, but when i've not had health insurance, i paid 100% cash out of my pocket, not taking advantage of "free" services - colin Jun 28, 10:51 4
    - god forbid you are ever hit by a car, or need chemo, or need something that isn't a visit to a GP. -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 10:54 3
      - i have insurance.. those aren't worries! -- nm - colin Jun 28, 10:55 2
        
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        here the thing on all of this... - colin Jun 28, 11:00
- can you choose to not ever get sick? -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 10:48
- you can also choose not to live and pay nothing. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 10:48

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It's akin to car insurance. If you drive, you have to have car insurance.

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