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[John V]

So, then why would be okay for the government to do that to people who were too poor to afford their own health care?  
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That’s not my position at all.  It seems your position is that almost all people who are hard workers will end up with great jobs and affordable health care, and the people who don’t have these things, don’t have them because they simply aren’t trying hard enough.  What I’m saying is that so far, that’s an unsupported assertion.  You’ve provided no relevant data to support that position, and as far as reasoning goes, it’s classic example of religious binary thinking.

See above - it's supported now. It doesn't take much extra effort to afford insurance.  

The point of the penalties, if I’m not mistaken, was to ensure there would be enough money in the system  to cover the older, and sicker of our population.  It wasn’t ever about threatening people into being healthier.

The point of the penalties is to make people buy the insurance. They'd rather have that than collect the penalties, which were too small to do much anyway.

So, you’re just going to restate your unevidenced assertion, but this time, declare it, “obvious” by fiat.  Cool.

Fiat? I explained my thought process and offered clarification. That's just discussion.