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This "tax for doing nothing" thing is all semantics. Before I bought a house, I didn't get a tax writeoff for home ownership, so by not buying a house, my tax bill was higher. We don't have kids yet, so we don't get that tax deduction, so by not having kids, my tax bill is higher. If you choose not to buy health insurance and rely on luck and everyone else to handle things if you get sick or injured and don't have the money to cover your own care, you pay a penalty, so by not buying health in...