Obama Refuses to Rule Out Jail Time for People Who Don't Use Obamacare

Smooth talking Obama is at it again as he beats around the bush after being asked a question by ABC News’ Jake Tapper.  In an interview from 2009, when Tapper questioned the president  on whether he feels that jail time is a suitable punishment for those who choose not to enroll in Obamacare, Obama’s answer is less than satisfying.



Obama conveys that just like with all other tax crimes, there is a punishment that must be given out in order to deter said crimes from being committed again. The justification behind his statement puzzles many Americans as he compares Obamacare to car insurance. 
Obama answered:   “What I think is appropriate is that in the same way that everybody has to get auto insurance and if you don’t, you’re subject to some penalty, that in this situation, if you have the ability to buy insurance, it’s affordable and you choose not to do so, forcing you and me and everybody else to subsidize you, you know, there’s a thousand dollar hidden tax that families all across America are — are burdened by because of the fact that people don’t have health insurance, you know, there’s nothing wrong with a penalty.”   The logic behind his argument makes no sense.  You see, if you don’t want car insurance, there is one legal way to achieve this—don’t own a car.  There is no such option with Obamacare as it is being mandated on the American people with no alternative.  If the government can force you to buy something or else be fined or placed in jail, what is stopping them from placing this standard solely on health insurance? 
Obama’s argument proves to not only be weak but not full in nature as well.  He never seems to give Tapper a yes or no answer, but instead says some form of punishment should be dealt for Obamacareviolators. Tapper reiterates the question, rewording it in effort to receive a more sound answer.   In an agile ballet, Obama flawlessly tiptoes around the question yet again saying:   “I think I put out the principle that penalties are appropriate for people who try to free ride the system and force others to pay for their health insurance.”   Almost shutting down the reporter, the president seems to portray a body language signaling Tapper to back down.  He effectively let viewers know he was not going to answer the question that may place him in a political predicament.   He did however try to soften the blow explaining that hardship clauses were written into Obamacare in order to help people that may not be able to afford the insurance offered by the government.   Does he really think we believe that when we are in court in violation of these Obamacare mandates, that the judge is going to grant leniency via these hardship clauses? 

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Student receives more than $4 Million after being ‘forgotten’ in jail for five days

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A University of California student spent five days forgotten in a windowless jail cell without food and water, and was forced to drink his own urine to survive. Now, the US government is voluntarily paying the young man $4.1 million to avoid a lawsuit.

Daniel Chong, a 25-year-old economics student at UC San Diego, was one of nine people taken into custody during a drug raid in April 2012. Chong was at a friend’s house when officers discovered 18,000 ecstasy pills at the home. He was locked in a Drug Enforcement Administration jail cell, but after questioning the young man, a police officer authorized to perform DEA work told the student that he would not be charged.

“Hang tight, we’ll come get you in a minute,” the officer told Chong, according to Attorney Eugene Iredale.

But the officer never returned, and Chong spent five dismal days in the 5 by 10 ft. windowless cell. The student, who was still handcuffed, had no food, water, or access to a toilet, and barely survived his living nightmare.

“It sounded like it was an accident – a really, really bad, horrible accident,” he said at a news conference this week, in which he described how close he came to death.

After three days in the cell, the famished young man said he began to hallucinate. He imagined that DEA agents were trying to poison him with gases that entered his cell through the vents. Deprived of food and water, he started to accept the idea that he would not survive. He bit into his glasses to break them, and used a shard of glass to carve a farewell message to his mom on his arm.

“Sorry Mom,” he tried to carve into his bleeding skin, but he only managed to write the “S”.

In a last-ditch attempt to stay alive, he urinated on the metal bench in his cell and then drank his own urine.

To try to capture the attention of the guards, he then stacked a blanket and his clothing on the bench to try to reach an overhead fire sprinkler. Chong desperately tried to set it off by hitting it with his handcuffed hands. He failed.

On the fifth day, Chong screamed at the top of his voice, trying to get the attention of the agents outside.

“I didn’t just sit there quietly. I was kicking the door yelling,” he said.

He slid a shoelace under the door, hoping to garner the attention of the guards. He succeeded, and“five or six people” came to the cell and found him starved and lying in his own feces. Chong had lost 15 pounds, and was immediately hospitalized for five days.

“I had to do what I had to do to survive,” Chong told NBC7 after the incident. “It’s so inconceivable. You keep doubting they would forget you.”

The young student, who was 23 at the time, suffered from dehydration, kidney failure, a perforated esophagus, and cramps, and the DEA issued a public apology last May. The head of the DEA said he was “deeply troubled” by the incident.

After the incident, the agency established new policies at its detention facilities, including mandatory daily cell checks. The agency also installed cameras inside its holding cells.

But to avoid a lawsuit in the case of the 25-year-old economics student, the US government this week agreed to pay Chong a $4.1 million settlement as compensation for the suffering he endured.

“You break it down into the pain and suffering and how horrible this could have been for the family. They didn’t know where he was, all the anguish the family went through and the young man went through,”Defense Attorney Gretchen Von Helms told NBC7. Since the incident occurred a year ago, Chong has been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and is receiving treatment from a doctor who normally sees war veterans.

Iredale told the station that the doctor has “never seen stress of trauma as significant” as Chong suffers from.

Twenty percent of the settlement will cover the cost of attorney fees, but Chong will receive at least $3.2 million, which he says he will use to buy his parents a house.

Meanwhile, US. Sen. Charles Grassley is demanding that the DEA explain how their near-fatal mistake occurred in the first place.

“How did this happen? Has there been any disciplinary action against the responsible employees? And has the agency taken major steps to prevent an incident like this from happening again?” he told AP.

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Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail for Collecting Rain Water

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Harrington, of Eagle Point, Oregon, has been fighting for his right to do what he wishes with water since 2002. Now more than a decade after he first defended himself over allegations that the man-made ponds on his 170 acres of land violated local law, Harrington has been sentenced to 30 days behind bars and fined over $1,500.

Authorities say that Harrington broke the law by collecting natural rain water and snow runoff that landed on his property. Officials with the Medford Water Commission contested that the water on Harrington’s property, whether or not it came from the sky, was considered a tributary of nearby Crowfoot Creek and thus subject to a 1925 law that gives the MWC full ownership and rights. Therefor

e prosecutors were able to argue in court — successfully — that three homemade fishing and boating ponds in Harrington’s backyard violated the law.

For filling “three illegal reservoirs” on his property with runoff water, Harrington has been convicted on nine misdemeanor charges in Circuit Court. He says he will attempt to appeal, but as long as the conviction stands to serve 30 days of imprisonment. He has also been sentenced to an additional three years of probation.
Thirty days in jail for catching rainwater?” Harrington tells the Mail Tribune. “We live in an extreme wildfire area and here the government is going to open the valves and really waste all the water right now, at the start of peak fire season.”

“When it comes to the point where a rural landowner can’t catch rainwater that falls on his land to protect his property, it’s gone too far,” he adds to the Associated Press. “This should serve as a dire warning to all pond owners.”



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Dolce and Gabbana Jailed - £850 Million Tax Evasion

Fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana jailed for 20 months after being convicted for £850million tax evasion

• -Famous designers found guilty of failing to declare £850m in income tax

• -Italian court heard that they used a Luxembourg company to avoid tax

• -Judge sentenced both to 20 months in jail - suspended pending appeal
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Dolce and Gabbana had initially been acquitted of tax fraud in 2011, when a different judge ruled there was insufficient evidence to indict them.

However, after an appeal to the country’s supreme court, prosecutors were able to re-open the case by dropping the fraud charges and pressing for convictions on tax evasion instead.

Dolce and Gabbana’s Milan office was last night still composing a statement for the media. When the charges were first made public, Mr Gabbana condemned the Italian tax authorities as ‘thieves’, and threatened to leave the country.

Tax evasion is thought to cost Italy €200billion (£170billion) a year. Several cases involving celebrities have led to out-of-court settlements; in 2000 opera singer Luciano Pavarotti paid 24billion lira (£8million) in back taxes, while MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi agreed to hand over €39million (£33million) in 2008.