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BluegrassStateBlues

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14. I already submit tax returns for college grants and pay stubs for food stamps.

Reply to Bunnahabhain (Original post)

Wed Oct 16, 2013, 03:13 PM

Oct 2013

What is a little bit more paperwork?

We should be spinning this as:

The GOP shut down the government for 3 weeks and almost defaulted us to make poor Americans fill out more paperwork to get health insurance.

Not as some major concession.

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The bastards got income verification in [View all] Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 OP

It was there already. Just tightened the language up a bit. Kber Oct 2013 #1

To be fair MnAttorney Oct 2013 #2

I believe it went from a sampling of verification to 100% verification. Similar to what many lenders okaawhatever Oct 2013 #19

Basically the RepubliBaggers (R) are making BIG GOVERNMENT BIGGER Berlum Oct 2013 #24

I can't believe someone on DU would post crap from the Washington Times. FSogol Oct 2013 #3

I dunno, being that was in the ACA already , ... oldhippie Oct 2013 #4

don't see anything wrong with that ... srican69 Oct 2013 #5

Exactly Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #6

This is great! More IRS jobs, increasing spending & the size of gov't. Thanks, republicans! displacedtexan Oct 2013 #13

You're assuming they will hire additional workers to meet the add'l requirements. I think they're okaawhatever Oct 2013 #22

"They" who? displacedtexan Oct 2013 #27

The Republicans who supported increasing the income verification from sampling to 100%. nt okaawhatever Oct 2013 #29

Moonie Times??? SamYeager Oct 2013 #7

Jesus christ people Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #8

Income verification was already in the ACA. Republicans got NOTHING, as Michael Corleone bluestate10 Oct 2013 #9

On CBS News the other night, they said that Obama had been planning to LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #10

"To say that it is miniscule is probably giving it too much credit" pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #11

Oh noeesssss!!11 Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #12

I already submit tax returns for college grants and pay stubs for food stamps. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #14

Bwahahahaha!!! JoePhilly Oct 2013 #15

Jay Carney on the income verification - "we're fine with it". n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #16

I had to provide income verification to the VA Kaleva Oct 2013 #17

Fig leaf for the GOP? AlinPA Oct 2013 #18

You could well be correct Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #21

It was already in the law, just not implemented yet. WilliamPitt Oct 2013 #20

For what? Government job? Food Stamps? Assistance to women with dependant children? question everything Oct 2013 #23

Insurance subsidies under the ACA. n/t Chan790 Oct 2013 #25

The Republicans complained about the IRS getting between you and doc03 Oct 2013 #26

I figure they think it will scare some folks away from seeking subsidies Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #28

sounds like they really got nothing djnicadress Oct 2013 #30

What they apparently got was to kick the debt limit issue a few months down the road, PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #31