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One of the things in the health bill is 16,000 additional IRS agents. Now I think the average American doesn’t think we need 16,000 health police — they don’t think we need a single health police. And it’s interesting that that health bill has more IRS agents than it has doctors or nurses or people who actually do health in the bill.

I think, Republicans this fall, if they were to run as one of their planks, that they will never fund the 16,000 IRS agents, and they will block implementation of the $430 billion in new taxes.

And then put it straight to the country — Do you want 16,000 new IRS agents? Vote Democrat. Do you not want 16,000? Vote Republican.

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Newt Gingrich. 

This why I don’t have any respect for most Republicans. The distortions and outright lies on matters of such importance is unreal. Argue, debate the merits of your opinion. There are plenty of valid and honest disagreements on this and other issues. I can totally respect a difference of opinion but outright lies make me believe that they are all about grabbing power by any means necessary. So sickening (no pun intended).

video of Newt spewing this lie here 

video of Lawrence O’Donnell dispelling the lie here 

factcheck.org - Q: Will the IRS hire 16,500 new agents to enforce the health care law?

A: No. The law requires the IRS mostly to hand out tax credits, not collect penalties. The claim of 16,500 new agents stems from a partisan analysis based on guesswork and false assumptions, and compounded by outright misrepresentation.