IRS the New Gestapo

[Odessa78]

Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address to blast President Obama's health care law and described the Internal Revenue Service as the "new Gestapo."

The IRS description was a reference to a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires Americans not insured by their employers or Medicaid to buy health insurance or pay an annual penalty when filing their tax returns. The provision, known more broadly as the individual mandate, was the subject of a multi-state lawsuit, but was recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

LePage said the court decision has "made America less free."

"We the people have been told there is no choice," he said. "You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo -- the IRS."



LePage calls IRS the 'new Gestapo' | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME

The ‘New Gestapo’? Maine Gov. Blasts Massive Expansion of IRS Agents



Governor Paul LePage of Maine is making news for allegedly referring to the IRS as the “new Gestapo” Saturday, after blasting the president’s overhaul of our health care system.

He reportedly said:

This tax will add to the $500 billion in tax increases that are already in Obamacare. Now that Congress can use the taxation power of the federal government to compel behavior or lack thereof, what’s next? More taxes if we don’t drive Toyota Priuses or if we eat too much junk food or maybe even pea soup?

This decision has made America less free. ‘We The People’ have been told there is no choice. You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo – the I.R.S.

Even more disheartening is that reviving the American dream just became nearly impossible to do. We are now a nation in which supports dependency rather than independence. Instead of encouraging self-reliance we are encouraging people to rely on the government. [Emphasis added].

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Odessa78

Gov. Paul LePage used his weekly radio address to blast President Obama's health care law and described the Internal Revenue Service as the "new Gestapo."

The IRS description was a reference to a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires Americans not insured by their employers or Medicaid to buy health insurance or pay an annual penalty when filing their tax returns. The provision, known more broadly as the individual mandate, was the subject of a multi-state lawsuit, but was recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

LePage said the court decision has "made America less free."

"We the people have been told there is no choice," he said. "You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo -- the IRS."


LePage calls IRS the 'new Gestapo' | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME

....and you posted the ramblings of a GOP idiot for what reason?

Originally Posted by Giantone

....and you posted the ramblings of a GOP idiot for what reason?

Yet
Another
Tolerant
Progressive


Conservatives think Progressives are people with bad Ideas, Progressives think Conservatives are BAD People .....

[philibusters]

Originally Posted by EmptyTimCup

Yet
Another
Tolerant
Progressive


Conservatives think Progressives are people with bad Ideas, Progressives think Conservatives are BAD People .....

Yet you posted a conservative making a Nazi analogy.

like Hank, people making offended comments does not further a discussion ...

would it have been more palatable is STASI was used instead or KGB ....

[chuckster]

I say that the Gov used the right name. Not sure how all this is going to come down, but I will not pay this tax. I am so tired of pressing 1 for english and paying out of my pocket for people who won't get a job and support themselves.
I will be so happy after this socialist President that we have is out of office and the Senate is back in republican hands.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by EmptyTimCup

like Hank, people making offended comments does not further a discussion ...

You just desctibed 95% of the people on this board.

Giatone/Craig / Hank / Black Francis This user is on your Ignore List.

This message is hidden because Hank is on your ignore list.

if a retard, on ignore, responds to a post, and you don't read it, did he really say anything ......

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by EmptyTimCup

if a retard, on ignore, responds to a post, and you don't read it, did he really say anything ......

....only a metal midget would ask a rhetorical question to people he has on an ignore list .