President Obama has sent $500 million to the Internal Revenue Service, despite congressional objection, to help implement “tax breaks” in Obamacare, according to his spokesman.
“My understanding is that this is about enabling the IRS to provide the, essentially the tax breaks to small businesses and individuals to assist them in acquiring health insurance — or in the case of small businesses providing health insurance,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters today. The IRS is tasked with enforcing the individual mandate in Obamacare.
Carney was responding to a question about news that the Department of Health and Human Services “has transferred almost $200 million to the IRS over the past two years and plans to transfer more than $300 million this year,” as The Hill reported.
The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard reported recently that the IRS wants 4,000 new agents and $303 million to perform its new Obamacare responsibilities.
