Young people are shocked, Schocked! to discover that Such A Thing As A Free Lunch Exists Not…

So I have places telling me if I don’t get insurance on ACA, I’m going to get fined? But I make no money. Whatttttt’s the deal?

— Taernyll ebooks (@TaeSalsa) October 1, 2013

 

This is, of course, the downside of the Media Blackout on ObamaCare’s less than savory aspects. Eventually, when those aspects invest themselves in people lives, the WTF-factor gets down even into low-information voters. And then suddenly arguments about the basic injustice of requiring people to buy something, merely for breathing, become downright lucid.

And now we are. The truth will set you free.

via Ace.