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>   (email exchange)
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>   On Oct 17, 2013 12:47 AM, wrote:
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>   ”strengthens verification measures” actually more important than it sounds
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>   1. Another late and politically driven requirement added to an already over-stressed
>   technical environment, so could add to the #FAIL;
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>   2. I’m not sure the current Federal Change can verify income NOW (and how would we
>   know they couldn’t) using whatever combination of IRS and credit reporting agency
>   data they’re using;
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>   3. It’s not clear how to add more verification without really draconian measures
>   (and these guys don’t want to fund the IRS, so will they privatize it?)
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>   4. 2014 income has to be estimated in advance. How exactly is that to be “verified”
>   in some way more than checking 1040s etc?
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>   5. Sets up a “fraud” narrative that proved so useful on say voter photo ID
>   requirements.
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>   The Democrats had to give them something on ObamaCare, I suppose. But this gift will
>   keep on giving.
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>   ObamaCare is such a mess. Such a BIG mess.
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