claim: the federal government "may put 16,500 irs agents in charge of policing president obama's health care bill."
author: michele bachmann
evidence_1: dec 12, 2013 ... the tea party darling asserted that "instead of a leaner, smarter government, we  bought a bureaucracy that tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which may put  16,500 irs agents in charge of policing president obama's health care bill." at  the time, cnn rated her claim misleading at best as the health care ...
evidence_2: mar 30, 2010 ... can you explain if … the irs will hire 16,500 new agents and spend $10 billion/ year to audit who has [health care] coverage. ... something along the lines that  the health care bill sets aside $10 billion for the irs to hire up to 16,500 agents to  enforce the mandate, but armed agents are another matter.
evidence_3: what did we buy [with $700b stimulus]? instead of a leaner, smarter government,  we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which  will put 16,500 irs agents in charge of policing president obama's health care  bill. obamacare mandates and penalties may even force many job creators to  just ...
evidence_4: apr 7, 2010 ... the big lie: the irs will hire 16,500 new agents to enforce the insurance  mandate in the new health-care reform law ... government-approved health  insurance or face a fine to be collected by the irs which will need $10 billion  additional and 16,500 new irs agents to police and enforce this mandate. rep.
evidence_5: we don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the  irs to run our health care. .... instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought  a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put  16,500 irs agents in charge of policing president obama's health care bill.