Tax Cheat Timothy Geithner will have his Agents coming after you for non-compliance

No more Tax Refund checks for many Americans.

Congressman Charles Boustanay of Louisiana is raising the issue of enforcement of Obama Care. From The Hill:

Subcommittee on Oversight ranking member Charles Boustany (R-La.) said the IRS provision in the bill "dangerously expands, in an ominous way the tentacles of the IRS and it's reach into every American family," he said today during a press conference.

"This is a vast expanse of power," he said.

Boustany said the bill would allow the IRS to confiscate refunds if there are penalties for not buying health care.

And estimated 17,000 new IRS employees will be added to the Agency to beef up enforcement.

Here's the relevent section:

NOTIFICATION OF NONENROLLMENT.—Not later than June 30 of each year, the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Internal Revenue Service and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall send a notification to each individual who files an individual income tax return and who is not enrolled in minimum essential coverage (as defined in section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). Such notification shall contain information on the services available through the Exchange operating in the State in which such individual resides. – Senate Bill, page 341, 342

Ironically, the legislation will hurt the working class and poor, who count on that yearly check the most.

Blue Collar Republican (BCR) has been studying the legislation:

Yes, I am currently reading the some 5,000 pages of the combined Senate/House monster. I don’t pretend to understand all of the legal terminology, but this much is becoming obvious. The Internal Revenue Service is responsible to insure that YOU have insurance which meets the guidelines set forth by the government, either through an individual, employer, or government provider. If you don’t satisfy their requirements, then you will be fined ~2% of your gross income. Private business will also be subject to fines if they do not offer such coverage for you.

If you thought your tax returns were complicated now, just wait until this goes into effect... Just know that the same Treasury Secretary that failed to pay $35,000 in income taxes and was fined $15,000 by the same agency he now heads will be dictating your health care coverage.

Back when I was in high school, George Orwell’s 1984 was required reading. Little did I know that in 2010 I would be living it.