Obama on Healthcare Mandates: ‘Our Goal Here Is Not to Punish Folks’

PJ Tatler ^ | 2-11-2014 | Bridget Johnson

[Sir Napsalot]

President Obama said a day after the employer mandates for healthcare coverage were delayed that the penalties assessed on those not carrying insurance aren’t intended “to punish folks.”

The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced yesterday that businesses employing 50 to 99 workers won’t be assessed penalties on the non-insured until 2016. Employers with 100 or more workers will be able to phase in coverage to 70 percent of full-time workers in 2015 and 95 percent in 2016 and beyond to avoid being assessed fines starting next year.

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“What we did yesterday was simply to make an adjustment in terms of their compliance, because for many of these companies, just the process of complying — you know, they’re midsize, between 50 and 100 folks — it may take them some time, even if they’re operating in good faith. And we want to make sure that the purpose of the law is not to punish them. It’s simply to make sure that they are either providing health insurance to their employees or that they’re helping to bear the costs of their employees getting health insurance,” he continued.

Republicans jumped on Obama for refusing to allow individual the same tax-penalty relief. The president called his actions “consistent, actually, with what we’ve done in the individual mandate.”

[Sir Napsalot]

This loathsome pos.

"Consistent" as in I can do whatever I want!

[Graewoulf]

Always remember that the first thing that Obama says is ALWAYS a lie.

[Sir Napsalot]

‘Not to Punish Folks’ is also how the pos consistently applied the execution of laws.

If you are not “One of HIS People”, you don’t really count.

[showme_the_Glory]

Not his goal, but, not opposed to it either. Take yer punishment.

[Paine in the Neck]

Our Goal Here Is Not to Punish Folks’

Just to re-educate them a bit.

[Westbrook]

> Obama on Healthcare Mandates: ‘Our Goal Here Is Not to
> Punish Folks’

Coulda fooled me.

And I’m NOT one of your “folks”, 0dunga.

[SMARTY]

‘Our Goal Here Is Not to Punish Folks’

L I A R

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anytime I work to pay for a thing I CAN’T AFFORD FOR MYSELF....I’ve been punished!!

[Steely Tom]

"Our goal here is not to punish folks."

What if folks don't want to follow your orders?

[skinkinthegrass]

Barbara Streisand!

[drypowder]

Our Goal Here Is Not to Punish Folks

obozo speaking: and if you believe that then you'll also believe when I tell you that I'm not black and water isn't wet..........

[DJ MacWoW]

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[mountainlion]

Our Goal Here Is Not to Punish Folks’

Just to re-educate them a bit.

But most must go through the death panels.

[informavoracious]

A penalty by definition is a punishment.

[KarlInOhio]

What we did yesterday was simply to make an adjustment in terms of their compliance,

Darth Obama: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.

[BitWielder1]

Really?!
0bamacare was most certainly designed to punish the rich, the working middle class, big and small companies, the insurance industry (especially), pharmaceutical, doctors, hospitals...
All for the sake of 30 million uninsured, allegedly. Now there are even more.

[Red in Blue PA]

[DeFault User]

Once you get used to living in sh!t, you’ll enjoy it just like the flies do.

[Red in Blue PA]

Upon further thought, this image is probably apropos for any thread which has an Obama quote.

[tanknetter]

Of course. His goal is really subservient compliance. Punishment is just the means to achieve that goal.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Always remember that the first thing that Obama says is ALWAYS a lie.

yep...and it's usually the exact opposite of what he says