FreedomWorks Sensationalizes Obamacare Shared Responsibility Tax

From Ring of Fire:

Tea Party super-PAC FreedomWorks has created a petition protesting the implementation of the “shared responsibility tax,” or the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) mandatory fee that one must pay should they not obtain health care coverage.

The ACA requires that one pay the greater amount between “one percent of your household income that is above the tax return filing threshold for your filing status” or “your family’s flat dollar amount, which is $95 per adult and $47.50 per child, limited to a maximum of $285.” Those required to pay the tax are only required to do so once a year. But FreedomWorks and conservatives are treating this once-a-year tax like organized-crime extortion.

FreedomWorks invokes the dystopian political and social landscape of 1984 when they accuse the title of the tax as being “Orwellian.” This is wrong. The Tea Party group is trying to portray this small, annual tax as an oppression imposed by the Inner Party of Oceania by way of the Ministry of Plenty.

You can read the full article here at Ring of Fire.