Apr 10, 2012 -- 8:18PM, TENAC wrote:

And I think the question should be asked frequently: "What do 4,000 IRS agents have to do with making sick people well?" Why are they even needed? And the regime, by the way, just this week (or maybe it was Friday, I forget which) confirmed that the 4,000 agents are being hired and $500 million is being diverted from somewhere to hire them.

I wonder if this half a billion dollars was part of the initial cost estimates?

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Regardless of who says it, those are the facts.

But I cant find out whether those numbers were figured in the original estimated cost of obamacare.

Apr 11, 2012 -- 10:20AM, TENAC wrote:

Regardless of who says it, those are the facts.

But I cant find out whether those numbers were figured in the original estimated cost of obamacare.

those are the facts if you accept the fact that Rush always seems to round up when talking about Obama and rounds down when talking about the republicans.     kinda like the billion dollar India trip.    GC posted a "real" link.   here's another one

www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=23595...

Yes, Rush reads the news.  He reads one thing that may or may not be from a reliable source, invests no time evaluating the issue or getting informed about both sides of it, then flies off with his crazy commentary.  

If you read his own transcript, he goes back and forth, not even sure of the facts himself...but he's sure willing to rant away, whether it's accurate or not.

First he flies off with something he heard somewhere...

"Everybody gets soaked here, and that's why there are 4,000 new IRS agents to secure compliance with a piece of legislation that everybody thinks is about making them well when they get sick."

Then, he realizes he may not know what he's talking about...

"I've mistakenly been using the number 4,000.  That's a financial figure related to this.  It's 500 agents.  Actually, now I'm getting confused.  I know the number 4,000 is in there somewhere.  But whatever, 500 plus an additional 300 IRS operatives to run out and ostensibly alert the poor, "Hey, there are free benefits here for you." 

Then he finds a headline in the Washington Examiner to confirm his earlier statement...

"It is 4,000 agents.  This Investor's Business Daily has a typo in it.  I've looked at a bunch of different sources and, by all accounts, the best estimate is the IRS is gonna hire at least 4,000 more agents. The Washington Examiner had it.  "IRS Seeks 4,000 Agents, $303 Million for Obamacare."

I think Rush makes a habit of only reading the headlines...

youtu.be/EAR8LqQn_tc