Posted on 10/20/2017 6:34:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
That was my first thought. It is Trump's IRS now. He's the boss. He either causes or allows it to happen.
Of course, if the GOPe RINOs would do their job and stick a stake in the heart of Obama Care and do tax reform, we wouldn't have this unconstitutional crap going on....
Bonuses are paid to IRS managers for enforcing the penalties. Remove the bonuses. There should not be bonuses paid on amounts collected to IRS managers. It incentivizes abuse of taxpayers.
And that’s why I’ve always hoped the IRS would deduct the penalty from any tax refund that may be due, or issue a bill for unpaid tax liability (since that’s what the Scotus says the Obamacare mandate is). There is no faster way to trigger an anti-Obamacare revolt.
This doesn’t go that far, but it still works to Trump’s benefit.
First the judges then the IRS. The coup is progressing.
The IRS is a leftist front organization. This is how they “resist” our duly elected president.
The Deep State strikes back. Proves that the IRS and the CIA are the two most powerful government entities in America. Followed by the FBI. Notice, NOT the President or Congress, or even the activist judiciary.
According to the law as passed by Congress and upheld by the USSC (thanks to John Roberts...) the IRS *is* the Obamacare police.
They're doing exactly what the law requires them to do and unless Obamacare is REPEALED by Congress and signed by President Trump this is going to continue.
That's just the fact.
Finally! Someone who speaks my language!! (See my tagline, it's been there for almost 12 years now ..)
It is not wrong to lie to avoid being forced to commit an unconstitutional act.
Talk about editorial slant! So requiring compliance with a law is considered undercutting? Wouldn't that mean the law is undercutting itself? Was not the theory that the only to make health insurance "affordable" was to coerce the young, healthy citizens to kick in their premiums to pay for the costs of everyone else? I would think administratively waiving the signature penalty provisions would be the undercutting move.
Logically speaking, Øbama undercut the law by allowing taxpayers to avoid the penalty and the tax return perjury trap by refusing to answer the insurance question. That undercuts the vaunted (and cooked) CBO scoring that allowed the RATS to pass this atrocity.
Kudos to Trump that the best way to help kill ACA is to actually fully implement it as written.
Thanks again to JUSTICE ROBERTS! *SPIT*
eggszactly
Bush Appointee...............
The IRS wants the healthcare Shared Responsibility Payment system to continue because they can charge penalties and interest on late payments. It is a huge money-making issue for them.
I just filed 2016 and paid five months of the penalty for going uninsured. The penalty was a lot less than the insurance.
You have no idea how true that statement is. Or, at least, others don't know how true it is.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
Abraham Lincoln
They touch on that here:
http://www.iwf.org/blog/2805014/IRS-to-Hold-Tax-Returns-Hostage-to-Enforce-Obamacare
How about a contrary perspective. The ACA was a law passed by congress and signed by Obama. If we are a nation of laws, they must be followed. I believe it was Obama that told the IRS not to enforce the penalty (or tax, or whatever you want to call it) for political reasons. Now under Trump, the administration is just upholding thew law.
I think if the people of this country voted the democrats in that got this law passed, and they don't like the ramifications of having to pay the penalty, "F" them until they vote the democrats out.
That said, some of the democrats were voted out, and the republicans said they would repeal and replace Obamacare. Well, they haven't done it. So now its up to the obstructionist republicans to be primaried.
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