16,500 jobs created! YES!!!!!

Has it always been your dream to breathe down people's necks, forcing them to do your will?

If the answer to that is yes, then go ahead and apply to the Internal Revenue Service.

This is what Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-MN) had to say about it this morning on the Chris Baker show on KTLK-FM.

"When we didn't think that this (Obamacare) could get any worse, it IS worse. What we're finding out now with this new job-killing government takeover of healthcare is that the IRS is the enforcement mechanism for this new healthcare plan. The IRS agents will be breathing down the necks of 300 million Americans. Their task will be to verify that all of us have acceptable-to-government health care coverage. They won't just be verifying once a year, they verify every month that all 300 million Americans have "acceptable" healthcare coverage which means that they have to hire 16,500 new IRS auditors, agents, other employees. They'll have the power to confiscate our tax refunds, there will be increased audits, and also they'll have the power to fine us up to 2% of our income, or $2,250, whichever is greater, if we fail to prove to government satisfaction, that we've purchased "minimum essential coverage".

So the IRS is going to have access to Americans' financial records every month.

Notice that I said the IRS will have access to Americans' financial records. Congresswoman Bachmann continues by saying that there are going to be people that WON'T have to pay these fines and penalties. They are.... "illegal aliens and people serving behind bars." (I don't think she meant bartenders, either.) Those people are "specifically enumerated as being exempt from having to pay taxes or fines. "

People will be in this country ILLEGALLY, which technically makes them criminals. Harsh, maybe, but true. If THEY decide not to pay, then they don't have to pay the fines. Betcha they'll still be showing up at the emergency room for treatment for their cold symptoms.

Apparently the IRS will be getting the information about who's paying for coverage and who's not from employers. If people are getting paid cash, under the table, then it's a safe bet that they usually don't pay taxes anyway.

Get this, too. The IRS will now have the power to reveal OUR CONFIDENTIAL TAX INFORMATION to the Department of Health and Human Services.

We know in our court system, that if we are accused of a crime, we are innocent until proven guilty. Per the IRS rules, citizens are guilty until we prove ourselves innocent. It's been that way with the IRS for years.

What does the IRS have to do with healthcare? Really? NOTHING. The agents will say "oh I'm just doing my job".

I'm declaring shenanigans on this, right now.