Well at least that will help unemployment. From The Daily Caller:
Top IRS officials have been working with Democrats on Capitol Hill to determine how the agency will enforce President Obama’s new health care law. Republican lawmakers estimate the legislation will require the hiring of many thousands of new tax enforcement agents.
While it’s still not known exactly how many will be hired, here’s what’s clear: Under the new law, the IRS is required to fine taxpayers thousands of dollars if they do not purchase health insurance. In order for the government to enforce compliance, tax authorities will need information, for the first time, about people’s health care. Collecting that data will require more IRS personnel.
Consider what has happened in Massachusetts, which passed a similar health care bill in 2006. To enforce the individual mandate, the state’s Department of Revenue asks filers what kind of insurance they have, as well as details like whether their “sincerely held religious beliefs†are moving them to petition for an exemption from the requirement.
The form also asks workers whether their employer gives them “affordable†coverage, forcing some employees to decide between tattling on their workplace and submitting false information to tax agents.
Critics have slammed the new federal mandate for its harsh consequences (failing to buy health insurance could land you in jail) and have raised constitutional questions about its legality. And they point to the Obama administration’s recent efforts to ramp up IRS audits, especially of small businesses, as evidence that the mandate is likely to prove more onerous than previously thought.
Republicans are sounding the alarm on this:
A March 18 report from House Ways & Means Committee Republicans estimates the IRS will need to hire between 11,800 and 16,500 new agents to enforce the bill.
The report slams the bill’s “plans to grant massive new powers to the IRS, backed up by billions of dollars in additional taxpayer fund for the hiring of thousands of new IRS agents, examiners, and other personnel.â€
That’s a lot of agents. My guess is there will be a lot of doors kicked in by jack booted thugs.
Sooo… how much of the money people earn will they actually be able to keep? I mean, if they’re raising taxes to pay for “healthcare”, and they’re going to have to raise taxes to hire people to enforce the laws attached to the “healthcare”, just how much will people have left over to pay their mortgages and buy food, put shoes on their kids’ feet, etc.?
You know… this is sounding less and less like the Utopian healthcare system they have over there in Europe…
My husband was all for this. I’ve never *not* gotten a federal refund at tax time, and since I’ve been married, we’ve jointly gotten a refund every year. I expect that, not only will my husband’s paychecks be a lot smaller, but we won’t be getting that tax refund anymore.
At least we’ll have the satisfaction of watching the Obama worshippers lie in the bed they made. Let’s see how much they like Obama when the IRS has is probing their backsides for every cent they can get hold of. After all the whining about invasion of privacy by the former administration, these sheep bleated the praises of this socialist legislation. Now they’ll know what invasion of privacy really is. Those already using public health services (such as those provided by DHS) will feel even more of a microscope on their lives while they receive less service. Now, those who couldn’t afford health care will not only be forced to pay for it, but also help everyone else pay for theirs. The lifestyle police have already started walking their beats. Government control of our daily lives will be more apparent in the days to come. You can bet there will be plenty of horror stories.
This whole thing has my stomach in knots. I have a feeling that a lot more than our health, our privacy, and our pocketbooks are at stake here. Child welfare, for one…
Lenin said the best way to introduce communism was to socialize medicine. The next step will be to medicalize criminality. Then use psychology to suppress dissent.
I wonder how Obama’s supporters would soon realize this is going to eat up their wallets. Maybe that’s the only good thing that would come about. Nothing in life is free. Sadly, there are people who think this policy is like Christmas to them.
Sorry, but the minute the IRS starts arresting people for not having health insurance, it’s not going to be but a very short while before you start seeing a lot of murdered government agents along with their families in some cases, and I don’t just mean the IRS agents.
Not that I’m encouraging that, mind you.
Just sayin’.
OIL your guns kiddie’s… time is soon… u ol dogs get new glasses u are goin to need them …