12,000 New IRS Agents Will Enforce ObamaCare. . . .WTF?

"I just had somebody quick scan the reconciliation bill that's posted, and the first thing to report is that the word tax or some variation of it shows up 124 times in 159 pages. So there you have it." ~ Rush Limbaugh

According to Gregory of Yardale at moonbattery.com:

In order to enforce the individual mandate --- the mechanism by which the National Government forces citizens to enter into contracts with private insurance companies under terms dictated by the bureaucracies of the Executive Branch of the National Government --- and other aspects of the ObamaCare Plan, the IRS will hire at least 12,000 new enforcement agents.

The legislation currently before the House of Representatives envisions that the IRS will be the primary enforcers of ObamaCare if the the bill becomes law.

The IRS will have lots to do to implement and enforce the new taxes and mandates included in the bill. In fact, the Senate Democrats' bill references or amends the Internal Revenue Code 180 times.

Based on the current cost to employ this division's workforce, an additional $1 billion per year would mean 12,500 new employees at the IRS. That's more than 12,000 IRS employees that will be examining taxpayer records to enforce the government's definition of "affordable" and "acceptable" insurance coverage, and working to comply with the bill to get people into government-run insurance.

What will all these new IRS employees do? The bill gives the IRS many new powers and tasks the IRS with the responsibility to enforce the mandates on individuals to purchase insurance the government deems acceptable as well as employer mandates to provide insurance the government deems affordable. In short, the Democrats' bill will give the IRS sweeping new powers and require the IRS to become a much more intrusive force in every American's life.

So, ObamaCare is not so much about improving the quality of health care as it is about vastly increasing the reach and power of the bureaucracy Americans hate most.