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New COVID Bill Fines Parents For Unvaxxed Kids And Doubles Income Taxes

http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText22/SenateText22/S2552.pdf
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/20/metro/ri-bill-would-impose-fines-double-taxes-those-who-refuse-covid-19-vaccine/
https://twitter.com/SamuelWBell/status/1516786813867864069

An absurd COVID-19 bill by radical leftist Road Island Senator Samuel
W. Bell says that residents who refuse the vaccine and its booster
shots are subjected to fines and pay more income tax unless they
receive an exemption.

Bell introduced Rhode Island Senate Bill S2552 on March 1. As of last
week, the bill had not been passed into law is currently in review by
the Senate Health and Human Services committee.

S2552 states eligible Rhode Island residents would have to be
vaccinated against COVID. If they reject, they could face a $50
monthly fine and pay double the state income tax. There are also fines
for unvaccinated children under the age of 16 that would be imposed on
the parents. Text from the bill reads:

    This act would mandate all residents sixteen (16) years or older
to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If a resident is under sixteen (16)
years of age, the resident would be required to be immunized against
COVID-19, with the responsibility for ensuring compliance falling on
all parents or guardians with medical consent powers.

    Additionally, any person who violates this chapter would be
required to pay a monthly civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) and
would owe twice the amount of personal income taxes.

Talking about the bill, Bell told the Boston Globe:

    "The reason I introduced the bill is we have a crisis with the pandemic.

    "Thousands of Rhode Islanders have died. I've had really painful
calls from constituents who can't go to the store because they're
immuno-compromised, who have lost loved ones to this pandemic, who are
really ill and not fully recovered, suffering long-term effects."

Bell has faced harsh criticism for the introduction of the bill. He
tweeted this email he received from one angry Rhode Islander.

Subjecting adults to fines and more taxes for not being vaxxed or even
their kids not being vaxxed is a significant overreach by government.
Also, the vaccine is not risk-free, especially for children.

Dr. Robert Malone, a virologist and immunologist who has contributed
to the technology of mRNA vaccines, recently said: "Think twice before
you vaccinate your kids. Because if something bad happens, you can't
go back and say, 'whoops, I want a do-over.'"