Little-Acorn
08-27-2009, 10:46 AM
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you've got."
And the Dems seem intent on making sure of it.
One of the things Nixon would have been impeached for, was obtaining data from the IRS on various opponents, something that was against the law.
But apparently that's OK for Democrats to do. We know they'd never use it for nefarious purposes, or to harm anyone (*COUGH*joetheplumber*COUGH*), would they? Naw, we can trust the government not to do anything bad, we don't need to make laws preventing them.
Once all this "change" is put in place, all we'll have left is "hope".
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http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/26/taking_liberties/entry5268079.shtml
Democratic Health Care Bill Divulges IRS Tax Data
August 26, 2009 8:26 PM
(AP)One of the problems with any proposed law that's over 1,000 pages long and constantly changing is that much deviltry can lie in the details. Take the Democrats' proposal to rewrite health care policy, better known as H.R. 3200 or by opponents as "Obamacare." (Here's our CBS News television coverage.)
Section 431(a) of the bill says that the IRS must divulge taxpayer identity information, including the filing status, the modified adjusted gross income, the number of dependents, and "other information as is prescribed by" regulation. That information will be provided to the new Health Choices Commissioner and state health programs and used to determine who qualifies for "affordability credits."
Section 245(b)(2)(A) says the IRS must divulge tax return details -- there's no specified limit on what's available or unavailable -- to the Health Choices Commissioner. The purpose, again, is to verify "affordability credits."
Section 1801(a) says that the Social Security Administration can obtain tax return data on anyone who may be eligible for a "low-income prescription drug subsidy" but has not applied for it.
Over at the Institute for Policy Innovation (a free-market think tank and presumably no fan of Obamacare), Tom Giovanetti argues that: "How many thousands of federal employees will have access to your records? The privacy of your health records will be only as good as the most nosy, most dishonest and most malcontented federal employee.... So say good-bye to privacy from the federal government. It was fun while it lasted for 233 years."
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)
And the Dems seem intent on making sure of it.
One of the things Nixon would have been impeached for, was obtaining data from the IRS on various opponents, something that was against the law.
But apparently that's OK for Democrats to do. We know they'd never use it for nefarious purposes, or to harm anyone (*COUGH*joetheplumber*COUGH*), would they? Naw, we can trust the government not to do anything bad, we don't need to make laws preventing them.
Once all this "change" is put in place, all we'll have left is "hope".
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http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/26/taking_liberties/entry5268079.shtml
Democratic Health Care Bill Divulges IRS Tax Data
August 26, 2009 8:26 PM
(AP)One of the problems with any proposed law that's over 1,000 pages long and constantly changing is that much deviltry can lie in the details. Take the Democrats' proposal to rewrite health care policy, better known as H.R. 3200 or by opponents as "Obamacare." (Here's our CBS News television coverage.)
Section 431(a) of the bill says that the IRS must divulge taxpayer identity information, including the filing status, the modified adjusted gross income, the number of dependents, and "other information as is prescribed by" regulation. That information will be provided to the new Health Choices Commissioner and state health programs and used to determine who qualifies for "affordability credits."
Section 245(b)(2)(A) says the IRS must divulge tax return details -- there's no specified limit on what's available or unavailable -- to the Health Choices Commissioner. The purpose, again, is to verify "affordability credits."
Section 1801(a) says that the Social Security Administration can obtain tax return data on anyone who may be eligible for a "low-income prescription drug subsidy" but has not applied for it.
Over at the Institute for Policy Innovation (a free-market think tank and presumably no fan of Obamacare), Tom Giovanetti argues that: "How many thousands of federal employees will have access to your records? The privacy of your health records will be only as good as the most nosy, most dishonest and most malcontented federal employee.... So say good-bye to privacy from the federal government. It was fun while it lasted for 233 years."
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)