DEREGULATE THE INDIVIDUAL: An appeal to the US Legislator

I have sent the following letter to each of my representatives in Washington D.C. and plan to send a modified version to my Utah State representatives.

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I just discovered another way that the affordable care act has made my health care less affordable. According to the article at http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=227308,00.html

Apparently HSA and FSA accounts cannot be used to purchase over-the-counter health products without a doctor's prescription any longer. I am a 32-year old father of four children four and under, with an annual pay of $34k, and my wife is a stay-at-home mom. Roughly half of my gross pay goes to provide medical care to my family. I have medical and dental insurance through my employer with them paying 50% of the premiums, and I contribute another $400 a month to my HSA to cover the additional expenses.

The biggest thing working for me in this whole equation has been that my HSA is pre-tax dollars so my taxable income is small, shielding me from a tax code that punishes success to all but special interests.

The biggest conerern I have here though, is those who have already filed their 2011 taxes without knowing that they were in violation of this new regulation. There is now no possible way to know which charges were incorrect and how much 'unallowed' product was charged on them. The newly-upsized IRS labor force is quite likely to single these individuals out and enforce upon them as they see fit the law which was intended by God to protect us from force. The law now initiates force and creates legal justification to do something that was prohibited by the constitution, and are among the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independance:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Laws were intended to protect us from the initiation of force, specifically to prevent our government from forcing us to do, or not do anything that our human rights grant us the moral authority to choose for ourselves. The goal is freedom, not 'fairness', 'prosperity', or 'equality'; FREEDOM. Write this down: FREEDOM IS THE GOAL.

We, the people are no longer free. To avoid enforcement, we must ask for permission or study the prohibitions whenever we do anything, even in our own homes; knowing that at any time, we may have done something illegal that we were unaware was such. This adultration of moral laws has happened on your watch, and on mine. SHAME be upon us forever. As you go about your responsibilities please consider the moral authority that you have as a duely elected representative, and consider the duty you have upon you as a human being, and as a child of God hoping to have the stamp of His approval: 'well done, my good and faithful servant'.

"Stand up for freedom, no matter what the cost. It can help to save your soul; and maybe your country." -Ezra Taft Benson

May God give you the strength and the wisdom to fight this battle appropriately; this eternal battle against the adversary who wanted to deprive mankind of their agency. Every law or rule that regulates any individual's actions outside the framework of 'infringing on another's rights' is an unjust law or rule; and it grants the devil more power. Please reduce this power while you still can.