Originally Posted By: dogcatcherThere was about 5000 to be hired, not 5000 and then another 5000. It may happen, but try sticking to current known facts not misleading speculation.
You can justify anything if you use "facts" pulled out the air, but just like the major networks it doesn't hold water, or in this case it sits on the hen house floor......
"if" it might happen, again, "if" is not facts, just more hen house material. You sound like a politician, trying to preach the future with fairy tales. \
http://www.thinkfy.com/content/obamacare%E2%80%99s-irs-army
Quote:ObamaCare’s I.R.S. Army
Submitted by Kevin Wright on February 15, 2011 - 11:32am
President Barack Obama’s first budget proposal since ObamaCare was signed into law contains “an increase of $1.1 billion from 2010”, an increase of 9.4%, to “hire 5,000 new” Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) employees.
“President Barack Obama proposed increasing the budget for the Internal Revenue Service by 9.4 percent to hire more than 5,000 new employees, most of whom would pursue tax cheats.” (Ryan J. Donmoyer, “IRS Would Add 5,000 Employees Under Obama’s Proposal,” Bloomberg, 2/14/11)
“The president’s fiscal 2012 budget released today sets funding for the tax-collection agency at $13.3 billion, an increase of $1.1 billion from 2010, the last time a full appropriation was made for the IRS.” (Ryan J. Donmoyer, “IRS Would Add 5,000 Employees Under Obama’s Proposal,” Bloomberg, 2/14/11)
What does this have to do with ObamaCare? Days before the U.S. House and Senate passed ObamaCare’s final revisions, reconciliations, and motions to concur, Republican Members of the House Ways and Means Committee reported the government takeover of the health care insurance industry would dramatically expand the I.R.S. Specifically, the I.R.S. would need as many as 16,500 new “auditors, agents and other employees” to police the new law, among other things, including:
• “IRS will need up to $10 billion to administer the new health care program this decade;
• “IRS may need to hire as many as 16,500 additional auditors, agents and other employees to investigate and collect billions in new taxes from Americans.” (House Ways & Means Committee, “Ways And Means Republicans’ Report: Democrats’ Health Care Bill Contains Massive Expansion Of IRS’ Power,” Press Release, 3/18/10)
The I.R.S. will be the primary enforcer of ObamaCare’s unconstitutional mandate that all American’s purchase health insurance or face penalty:
“Americans Who Fail To Pay The Penalty For Not Buying Insurance Would Face Legal Action From The Internal Revenue Service, According To The Joint Committee On Taxation.” (Carrie Budoff Brown, “Flout The Mandate Penalty? Face The IRS,” Politico, 9/24/09)
“If You Ignore This Mandate And Don’t Get Health Insurance, You’ll Have To Pay A Tax Penalty To The Federal Government, Beginning In 2014.” (Peter Grier, “Health Care Reform Bill 101: Who Must Buy Insurance?” The Christian Science Monitor, 3/19/10)
“This Fine Starts Fairly Small, But By The Time It Is Fully Phased In, In 2016, It Is Substantial.” (Peter Grier, “Health Care Reform Bill 101: Who Must Buy Insurance?” The Christian Science Monitor, 3/19/10)
“An Insurance-Less Person Would Have To Pony Up Whichever Is Greater: $695 For Each Uninsured Family Member, Up To A Maximum Of $2,085; Or 2.5 Percent Of Household Income.” (Peter Grier, “Health Care Reform Bill 101: Who Must Buy Insurance?” The Christian Science Monitor, 3/19/10)
Democrats and liberal media outlets of course denied and debunked the claim that new I.R.S. agents would be needed to enforce ObamaCare. Here’s FactCheck.org’s take:
“Q: Will the IRS hire 16,500 new agents to enforce the health care law?” (“IRS Expansion,” FactCheck.org, 3/30/10)
“A: No. The law requires the IRS mostly to hand out tax credits, not collect penalties. The claim of 16,500 new agents stems from a partisan analysis based on guesswork and false assumptions, and compounded by outright misrepresentation.” (“IRS Expansion,” FactCheck.org, 3/30/10)
Hmmm. So, Republicans said ObamaCare would create the need for 16,500 new I.R.S. “auditors, agents and other employees” at a cost of $10 billion over the next decade. Liberals and in-the-bag media claimed that wasn’t true. Now Obama’s first budget proposal since he signed ObamaCare into law calls for $1.1 billion in new spending (approximately one-tenth of the $10 billion Republicans forecasted over the next decade) to hire 5,000 new I.R.S. employees (about a third of the prediction).
Must be coincidence, right?
Some of us are aware of the reality.