re: #525 lawhawk

Penalties are just what they sound like - if you do something that the law deems wrong, a penalty is imposed. Penalties can act as taxes, adding to the complexity of the whole thing.

However, has it not been explicitly stated that the healthcare tax penalty is not for the purpose of raising revenue?

I also don’t understand how it can be considered a tax when the vast majority of Americans who can pay for health insurance do so, because it’s actually not stupid to have health insurance, and that the majority of people who won’t be able to afford to do so wil get help. It’s a tax only in people who insist on not insuring themselves.