Fact check: 16,500 new IRS agents probably not on the way -Fader, is at it again-

The Florida Times Union ^ | April 11, 2010 | Carole Fader

[CherylMc]

This e-mail claims that because of the new health care law, the IRS will have to hire 16,500 agents to audit Americans and enforce penalties for people who don't want to buy health insurance. Is this true?

This has to do with the new taxes, subsidies and tax credits that will be generated by the new health care law and how they will be administered and collected.

FactCheck.org and PolitiFact.com looked at the claim and found that the math used to arrive at the figure is - at best - fuzzy.

[FrankR]

"Often have Dems site Snopes or other liberal sites as being the final word in any debate. "

If I had to write an ad-line for these people, it would go somthing like:

SNOPES...verifying liberal lies with liberal lies since 2007

[MontanaBeth]

...the math used to arrive at the figure is - at best - fuzzy.

Well that shouldn't be a problem, it's the same math they used to push this bill down our throats.

[tiredoflaundry]

hey I'm a quart low on caffeine! ;-)

[Oldexpat]

These numbers, like all the numbers from CBO, are all guess’s. Who knows how much manpower it is going to take to get the IRS up to speed to audit everyone in the US for health insurance coverage, fine them and pursue them.
The effort could be substantially more diverting IRS people from other areas..who knows.
But the idea of further expanding and complicating the job of a bureauracy that is so universally hated is truly crazy.
No wonder the IRS is already getting death threats and is having to post armed guards at their doorways. Soon they will be building bunkers for them.

[unixfox]

16,500 new agents will look like a nat on a horses ass in 10 years.

They will only get bigger and bolder if we allow it to happen.

Kinda glad I didn't have any kids.

[darkangel82]

LOL. I had 2 cups of coffee at 9:30.

[chris_bdba]

It is obivious that all of these so called writers did not bother to read the d@med bill. Why do they all rely upon what someone else said to misinform themselves?