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Not all legislation has the citizenry as its subject, or creates criminal offences. Legislation can also bind the actions of government, or establish rights whi
by gnode 7y ago
Not all legislation has the citizenry as its subject, or creates criminal offences. Legislation can also bind the actions of government, or establish rights which must then be fulfilled by a government.
Public healthcare is typically not provided by creating criminal offences for citizens.
- Clubber 7y agoNevermind ..
- fishtacos 7y agoThat's just not true: Page 131 of the ACA bill: "In the case of any failure by a taxpayer to timely pay any penalty imposed by this section, such taxpayer shall not be subject to any criminal prosecution or penalty with respect to such failure."
- dragonwriter 7y agoFor a codified citation, this is 26 USC § 5000A(g)(2)(a), an is accompanied by a provision also ruling out tax liens and levies at § 5000A(g)(2)(b), so neither criminal penalty nor the usual compulsory fallback civil collection methods are permitted by the ACA. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5000A https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5000A