16,500 more IRS agents needed to enforce Obamacare

obama retrogress.jpgGreat news from the Washington Examiner . New tax mandates and penalties included in Obamacare will cause the greatest expansion of the Internal Revenue Service since World War II, according to a release from Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas. 16,500 new IRS agents will be needed to collect, examine, and audit new tax information thanks to ObamaCARE! Well, I guess this is some job creation isn’t it? Paul Ryan estimated there would be 15,000 IRS agents added, I guess he is on the low end.

A new analysis by the Joint Economic Committee and the House Ways & Means Committee minority staff estimates up to 16,500 new IRS personnel will be needed to collect, examine and audit new tax information mandated on families and small businesses in the ‘reconciliation’ bill being taken up by the U.S. House of Representatives this weekend. …

Scores of new federal mandates and fifteen different tax increases totaling $400 billion are imposed under the Democratic House bill. In addition to more complicated tax returns, families and small businesses will be forced to reveal further tax information to the IRS, provide proof of ‘government approved’ health care and submit detailed sales information to comply with new excise taxes.

Americans for Tax Reform has a good breakdown of the bill by the numbers.

Isn’t it reassuring that at a time of recession, government will do what’s necessary to ensure its growth?

Read more at the Washington Examiner: #ixzz0ieJSaYGB

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March 19, 2010 · Filed Under General Politics


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