IRS Enforcing ObakaKare: They’ll Withhold Your Refund


Your courteous, efficient, thrifty and dependable IRS will soon become the “enforcer” of ObakaKare health plans. From USA Today:

The IRS processed more than 230 million tax returns last year, paid 127 million refunds and received about 68 million phone calls. The agency is responsible for enforcing a tax code that, at 71,000 pages, makes Anna Karenina look like a comic book.

Starting in 2014, the agency will have another task: making sure all Americans have health insurance. Under the law, Americans who can afford health insurance but refuse to buy it will face a fine of up to $695 or 2.5% of their income, whichever is higher. More than 4 million Americans could be subject to penalties of up to $1,000 by 2016 if they fail to obtain health insurance, the Congressional Budget Office said last week.

The IRS will be the enforcer — sort of.

While the IRS can impose liens or levies, seize property or seek jail time against people who don’t pay taxes, it’s barred from taking such actions against taxpayers who ignore the insurance mandate. In the arsenal instead: the ability to withhold refunds from taxpayers who decline to pay the penalty, IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said this month.

They’ll take your money and then, after that, they’ll take your money. Again.

BZ

Fiscal Tsunami:


Whilst Americans fret over the future of American Idol and whether Tattoo’d Asshole stepped out on Sandra Bullock, The Street wrote:

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Stocks decayed throughout Tuesday’s session and the Dow closed below the 11,000 mark, as investors sold off on fears of a contagion spreading throughout Europe after Standard & Poor’s downgraded Greek debt to junk status [my emphasis: BZ] and docked Portugal’s rating down by two notches.

Because of this, “Obaka is concerned” about Greece. When Mr Obaka lacks a decision, he is “concerned” and “monitors the situation.” He is therefore simultaneously concerned and monitoring. Sleep well, sycophants.

Germany says Greece simply needs more money. More money. So easy: “more money.”

Spain is similarly hit.

There is more to come.

It is building, ladies and gentlemen. You’d better believe it is building.

Spending and taxing in severe economic times never works. Never has. Never will.

BZ

Demorat Propaganda:

The Demorats haven’t stopped. Conservatives can’t afford to either. A recent Demorat e-mail indicated:

Speaker Pelosi

(my undisclosed informant – BZ) —

Thanks to you, last year President Obama was sworn in as President, and more than 20 new House Democrats began serving in Congress. This year, you helped lead the fight for historic health insurance reform for the American people.

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Click here to be automatically entered for a chance to win a trip to New York City (airfare and hotel included). You and your guest will be my guests for dinner with President Obama on May 13th.

Join President Obama for Dinner

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Nancy  Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House

P.S. Click here to be automatically entered for a chance to be my guest for dinner with President Obama in New York City on May 13th.

The Full Court Press is on as far as the Leftists, Socialists, DEM/MSM and Demorats are concerned.

Are we as equally dedicated?

BZ