it's about burden on them and complexity of the irs. of us involved have been concerned about the number of times that congress has thrown extra burdens on the ira. sometimes only loosely for the process, and not funded them or ironically cut their budget. at the same time their taking on these other burdens. >> look, the irs is going to have even more power, i'm told, over small businesses. which is some sense is where the rubber will meet the road because that's where your personal account goes in. how are they going to do this. it's going to be intrusive, obnoxious, and the paper work and costs will be huge for the economy. >> the word that troubles me is complexity. the irs already has a lot of power, they have an enormous amount of financial data, it's the complexity of managing all of the credits, looking at the low income credits, norm data exchanges with institutions they haven't regularly exchanged data with in the past. one of the hall marks is people's confidence in their security of the information they send to the irs. so wh

they wrote a letter to the irs, when did you start doing this. why are you doing this. under what rule are you doing this? is this political in nature? is it harassment of the worst sort and is it legal. shannon: harassment came up in the letter that the g.o.p. sent that was one of the main issues that they were worried about, what would happen to the donors if the information was leaked out. part of the letter says we worry this will be used ford harassment. people who 0 give $25, because that's what they believe in, if their name is on a list it's public. >> it's absolutely public. this should be private. i mentioned richard nixon. he used the irs to go after political enemies, including george mcgovern. franklin roosevelt used the irs to go after political enemies, and so on a day when we're talking about executive privilege, which was abused during the nixon administration we have a situation today where what appear to be legitimate groups are being asked for their roles. at the same time there have been calls with regard to other organizations, like media matters, w

. >> he builds up the myth about the irs and gives an opinion on it. is is how they play the game. if republicans say it, the curvy couch crew is going to repeat it. >> this is a tax, a gigantic tax on the american people, and the affordable care act specifically spells out that the irs will come after you if you don't pay your tax. >> apparently one reporter at fox news did not get the memo. some dude named wendell went on fox the other day and did something really weird. he actually reported the truth. >> white house said today it's not a tax, it's penalty because it only hits people who can afford health insurance but refuse to buy it. an estimated 1% of the population. >> oops. the 1% estimate comes from the congressional budget office. you know, where they have all these facts. in some cases, it will be even less. inç massachusetts, less than 1 of residents are paying for the penalty for not enrolling in health insurance. mitt romney is the father of the massachusetts health care plan. but he is still attacking the president's plan with total fals

but it was an improper use of the irs, and i wouldn't do it. >> in the time line, in the 1971 portion of the time line, we also included an episode that some people don't ordinarily associate with the -- with watergate, but we do because it involves an abuse of power. it also shows the president's mindset in the summer of 1971. this is when the president ordered halderman to find out the number of jewish-americans in the department of labor's bureau of labor statistics. and you can listen to the president ordering this from one of the white house tapes. and this led to a legal action which was an investigation to determine the ethnic background and religious background of members of the united states government. discrimination on the basis of religious affiliation is illegal in our country. and this form of abuse of governmental power was cited by the house judiciary committee when it described the misuse of power. we include it because it occurred in july of 1971. at the same time that the president was putting enormous pressure on the white house to go after his political enemies. t

we ought to do it more like the irs. said the current system is so bad, we have hundreds of thousands of vets waiting up to a year to even hear back about whether they're going to get the benefits they should get. joining us now, bob filner of california. i should also mention he's running for mayor of the city of san diego. congressman filner, thank you very much for being here to help us talk about this. >> thank you, rachel. an honor to be on the best show in television. >> flattery will get you everywhere here. you are a democrat. you're not one of these people who is idealogically committed to the idea that government knets everything wrong. why do you think we're getting this so wrong. why is this so screwed up? >> i just want to go one step further about how bad it is. people die before they get that final adjudication or may commit suicide. it's so bad that these things occur. and i think it's a bureaucracy that has been in charge for decades that doesn't want to do anything any differently. it's veters groups wh

kelly owes the irs in in unpaidf dollars taxes. from the singer.ear his representative told a chicago newspaper that he not have any serious financial troubles. $5 million for that bill. >> i'm sure he can work out a deal with the irs. you have a few more hours if forwould like to sign up our latest facebook giveaway. >> we are giving away and ipad. you have until 4:00 today to enter. page toebook sign up. we will announce the winner at 5:00.n abc 7 news >> it is 63 degrees. >> still to come, madonna is at it again. after flash in the audience she did it again.

the irs reports people who qualify can claim the camp or a babysitter. overnight camps do not qualify. you can visit the irs website for more details. it is easier to consolidate your wireless bill. that means your bill could be going up. the company revealed plans to bunch of wireless services together. the share everything plan includes a limited voice and text messaging and a data allows for up to 10 verizon devices. >> you can combine all of it in and share the same bucket of minutes. >> that bucket could be drained quickly if someone uses one device for videos or to access social media. experts recommend installing an app that monitors that uses to make sure users are not going over their limits. it was a scandal that made headlines around the world. a congressman bob new york is trying to keep it from becoming a problem for consumers in the u.s. -- congressman from new york is trying to keep it from becoming a problem for consumers in the u.s. >> voice mail can be private and personal. you can imagine the reaction when we told cell phone users anyo

. >> it is not paid to the irs. >> the difference between a tax and penalty, a tax is to raise revenue, a penalty is to punish you into a paper. -- change behavior. the purpose of the mandate is to compel people to go out and buy insurance. >> what is the purpose of the tax on cigarettes? not to raise revenue, but to discourage people from smoking. >> that is right, but the principal purpose of any tax is to collect money for the treasury. the principal purpose of a penalty is to deter behavior. >> the tax on cigarettes -- >> even the administration has said repeatedly it is not a tax, is a penalty. >> he said it was not a tax increase. we can fight over whether or not that is semantics. chief justice roberts opinion was for himself only. the four conservatives who would have struck down the bill in its entirety had a much more wide- ranging view of what you could not do under the commerce clause, than he did. he wrote for himself only on that, the of for your liberals would have upheld it under the commerce clause, and then the five in the majority agreed, this looks like a tax, walks

the irs released stats from 2009 a says the top 400 earners who filed tax made more than $200 millionown 25% from 2008. the average federal income tux bill in 09 came in around 41 million dollars. and that's down nearly 49 from once again the year 2008. >>> ocean city's first chick- fil-a is opening tomorrowmorning at 6 but people are lined up outside the restaurant at this very minute. each time a chick-fil-a opens in a new location it gives the first 100 adults in line a year's supply of free meal cards. people camp out with couches and tvs to get a card. it's an event. the store opening is on the 12,000 block of ocean gateway along the highway. >>> parents try to give their kids the best of the best in all things but mom and dad in some cities are better at it than others. we will have the top ten cities with the most spoiled kids. also this morning, megan. >> reporter: hey, charley. belmont stakes this weekend, but why play there when you can be here at the maryland live casino. a preview what have to expect when the doors open tonight. >> reporter: we are dealing with an early mo

the only way this information could have been made public is if someone leaked it from inside the irs. over at the federal elections commission, democratic commissioners are pushing a rule to compel third party groups to reveal their donors. the federal communications commission just finalized a rule requiring broadcasters to list the names of any groups that pay for or want to pay for television ads online. and the securities and exchange commission last year proposed a rule requiring shareholder approval or disclosure of political activities. now, the white house itself has gotten into the act with the president's own lawyers circulating a draft executive order last year that would require anyone bidding for a government contract to disclose political donations, including those of affiliates and subsidiaries, officers and directors, in excess of $5,000. the message of the order was quite clear. you can figure it out without me telling you. if you want a government contract, you better support our causes or at least, keep your mouth shut when it comes to causes we oppose. but the adm

right now if you owe up to $50,000 in taxes, you can essentially create a payment plan with the irs. gent. just go online and fill out the form and pay it off over as long as 72 months or 6 years time. >> better to do this directly with the irs than working with debt collection agency? >> i think so. especially because a lot of, let's be honest, a lot of debt collection agencies are going to charge a fee or going to sometimes do things that might not necessarily be in your best interest. better to work out a deal with the irs directly, handle it in a forthright manner and quickly as possible so you don't rack up additional penalties and interests. >> thank you, guys. we appreciate it. if you have a question you want financial experts to tackle, upload a 30-second video with your question to ireport.com. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. people don't like to miss out on money that should have been theirs. that's wh

amount for that year but we'll learn more and more about how this tax is going to be implemented once the irs moves on its regulations relating to this new tax. it is certainly a tax on the middle class from not buying as i like to point out government approved health insurance. it's not just whatever you deem is approved as health insurance. it is what the government is going to approve as health insurance under this new health care law. not what is existing law or prior to obama care. and this is how i think the challenge of the administration is going to have moving forward. as health insurance premiums continue to rise, which we suspect they will. they have yet to go down as the president has promised, there will be more people paying taxes. why is that? as the premiums rise, the individual is going to make a calculation. is it cheaper for me to just pay the penalty, the new tax, or do i need to continue to carry the weight of this health insurance plan that will be more expensive. the end result is going to break one of the president's promises on the uninsured. he wants to reduce the nu

as americans in practical terms now realize the irs -- they're now going to have to prove to the irs have health insurance they're going to get hit with a penalty, and they're going to have an irs problem. that issue, as it hurts our economy, as it hurts unemployment figures, as it hurts economic growth, you're going to hear more and more about this on the campaign trail. this is one of the main things this election is all about. >> senator, could this be viewed by republicans as a silver lining? does this reinvigorate support for the republicans seeing that there are several polls out indicating a plurality of americans did not agree with the individual mandate? >> i try not to analyze it that way. i love my country more than i love my political party. i think this is bad for america and bad for our economy. after all this noise about how this affects the campaign, there are millions of people out there struggling. this is one more thing we've put on their back. i think this is terrible. i just do. i don't think this is the right way to deal with this issue. i wish reasonable minds w

so are the jack-booted thugs of the irs going to come knock down your door and take your home. >> i will give the senator credit, there is a shred of truth. it says if you don't get healthcare insurance and you decide not to pay the penalty, the irs can withhold future tax income refunds. so pay your taxes and if it turns out you paid too much, you get a get a refund. if you don't pay the penalty they don't have to give you your refund back. but that's it. there is no other financial penalty. no one is going to come to your door. there is no criminal penalty at all. this is a myth. it's a lie and, you know, frankly senator rubio should know better than to be kind of spreading that kind of nonsense. >> well, i am speechless. anyway, and i have to play one more for you to get your reaction to knock this one down as well. this is what senate minority leader mitch mcconnell had to say: >> americans were promised lower healthcare costs. they are going up. americans were promised lower premiums. they are going up. most americans were promised their taxes wouldn't change. and they are going up.

. >> and the only reason the supreme court considered it a tax is because the irs has jurisdiction overdividual mandate is not a massive tax hike on the middle class. you can tell it starts with rush and they all keep repeating it. it is the biggest tax increase ever in american history. an argument they made more than two years ago. so it not a massive tax hike on u.s., let alone -- actually in the world, rush said. it amounts to either $695 or 2.5% of household income. the mandate meanwhile would hit a small amount of americans somewhere between 2 and 5%. the number could be lower depending on the law's success. for instance -- oh it's a state called massachusetts. >> i have heard of that. a weird fun fact there. >> one that covers abortions i might add. >> less than 2% of residents paid the fine. this is what we're screamed at. millions of jobs will be created as new people enter the healthcare system -- >> you say that like it is a good thing -- >> that's why it is called that. insurance they would not otherwise have. [♪ fun-facts music ♪] [ applause ] >> oh, boy. okay. just -- it's

and, of course, this law empowered the irs to impose this health care mandate. it was not so unpredictable that the court would have to follow the letter of the law. but the lessons to the public is this: that the next congress they elect should put this the r shredder and give us a 20-page bill in plain, honest english that members of congress and the public can actually read. jon: because many of them didn't read it before it was passed. >> no one read it. that's exactly the problem. so many politicians really didn't know that this is, in essence, a tax that moves the united states far more toward a socialist, european-style state where the government collects a large share of your earnings and then provides your needs rather than depending on you to make decisions for yourself. jon: the president has called it not a tax. the supreme court says it is. that's going to be the semantic battle ahead. betsy mccoy, the former lieutenant governor of new york, thank you. jenna: well, semantics is important, especially when we look at these opinions. we're getting some

in fact, he owes the irs $4.8 million. according to tmz. this going back to 2005 here. . 2008, $1.1 million. the list goes on and on. this is his video, "trapped in the closet" may be trapped in a jail cell. if you don't pay that bill, soon enough. according to a rep in the process of work everything out with the government and confident all obligations will be met. i will never understand how rich people get behind on their taxes. i don't get it. mr. kelly. ♪ i believe i can lie >> believes he can fly from the irs. >> he cannot. >> you can sing too. ♪ i believe you can sing >> you didn't see the cats running in the studio. >> in honor of father's day, donnie osmond, his son, made an appearance on "the talk" it will air today. donnie osmond jr. had a surprise for his dad. take a listen. >> i am grateful and feel blessed that i had the opportunity to break you into fatherhood. but, i wasn't the first to make you a grandfather. but -- jessica and i have your fifth grandson, grandbaby. [ applause ] >> that is just -- >> magic. >> oh, lord. excuse me. >> are you okay? are yo

it adds to the burden the irs already has. want to he can coat report you had before i came on which is the scale of the information sharing which has to include the department of homeland security for those who decide whose here legally, health and human services, the i.r.s., insurance companies, state exchanges, individuals, it's hard for me to imagine this is going to work well quickly. it's a big logistical problem for the law. megyn: all these people will be getting your insurance information. whether you bought the insurance policy in addition to income information? >> absolutely. the law requires the collection of agencies to find out in america from the 310 million americans those who are eligible for the subsidy. calculate the correct amount of their subsidy, and deliver it in advance each month to the insurance exchange in the state of their residence to the policy of their choice. think about what you need to know to do that and realize the information will be enormous. megyn: when we talk about the income of the peo

the irs says it is not legitimate. should always be worried about what -- about fictitious claims for refunds or rebates, especially if your ask for personal information. >> a beautiful day at ocean city, so before you could write a song about it. maybe you can come up with the summer anthem. ocean city is looking for the 2012 summer at them and they want someone out there to write it. they will launch a contest on facebook starting june 11. residents and visitors are asked to write in the original song about ocean city, following two rules. the music and lyrics must be original. the song cannot be more than three minutes in length. and it cannot mention any specific businesses or individuals. the top three will be posted on ocean city's facebook page and the public will vote on a winner. july 2nd, a winner will be picked. the american festival lineup has been announced. the lineup will include salt 'n pepa, big daddy kaine and slick rick. a good lineup. one of the major things. down in a press conference today, what i

the irs acknowledges the significance impact -- the eir acknowledges the significant impact on the part. this project removes it. it is not just the turf. it is the lights that fundamentally change the naturalistic character of the park. there is no way that the department or the commission can find that this maintains the naturalistic character of the park. please look for an alternative. there are good alternatives before you. president fong: thank you. [reading names] >> good evening, commissioners. we are the largest parks serving organization and the city with 55 years of experience. the parks alliance strongly supports this proposed project. we encourage the commission to approve the eir. the parks alliance believes this project will be -- will do significant public good. the project represents an uncommon opportunity to ameliorate the city's document a shortfall of available playing field recreational hours. the city has adopted synthetic turf standards that requiring recycle turf materials. with the implementation of storm water collection and testing requirements, the field wou

if you receive one, calm the maryland comptrollers office or the irs. >>> linkedin confirmed today some of its users passwords have been stolen and leaked online. a russian website reports more than 6 million accounts were breached. however, the job networking site wouldn't confirm that number. linkedin issued an apology to users on its blog and company officials are investigating. users affected by the hacking will receive an e-mail explaining how to reset their passwords. about 160 million people use the social business network. >>> a huge rebound for stocks today. wall street logged its best day of 2012 today. the dow was up more than 286 points. the nasdaq and s&p also posted big gains. stocks rose amid growing hopes that central banks will take steps to support the global economy. >>> veronica is here with more about our weather forecast, and i guess some of us are getting rain or about to. huh? >> some of us are getting rain. i know, heard there was a concert around the area. some folks worried, is it going get rained out? no. these are passing showers. not sitting over the same a

. >> i guess he decided that because the irs was going to be in charge of implementing that penalty, that individual mandate penalty if individuals didn't purchase health insurance, as a result they determine the majority. this was in fact a tax. we have to leave it there. phil gingrey. we're waiting for mitt romney. we're waiting for him to speak. we'll get his reaction shortly after the president of the united states will be in the east room of the white house. he'll be speaking out. he's very happy, obviously, that his health care reform law will remain the law of the land. our coverage will continue in just a moment. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome back to our breaking news coverage of the landmark decision issued today on the final day of this year's supreme court term. the justices in a 5-4 split decision upholding the constitutionality of the affordable care act. that is president obama's health care act passed by the democrats back in 2010. the initiative of his first term. chief justice john roberts writing the decision, four of the more liberal justices deciding w

we ask for the appropriate time to do this for both the irs and the new design. thank you. >> is there any additional public comment? >> amod to express appreciation for the fact that staff did work on trying to see alternatives and i read the report and i engaged him and found a way that he worked as he gathered a lot of information from me orally and documents. that is what has happened here. he received information from the developer on the for-profit project about condominiums and he found that it did not really make a lot of sense as far as he could see in terms of the kind of demand for the kind of condominiums that could be built inside the structure of the church or the extra expense or number of units and that is what this is based on. if he had been analyzing a different project, then what he was asked to analyze, the conclusions would have been different. i would like to mention a few things that puzzled me. although i think it is a thorough report, one thing said is they would have to demolish the sanctuary in order to put in an elevator. i worked for

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it was all collected by the irs and well within congress' taxing powers. >> the health care was moved here. undeniable and irreversible. >> reporter: and they also expand the medicaid. offering it to everyone who will fall under 133% of the poverty line. but the court said that the federal government, they have no right to cut off all of the state's medicaid funds. that's if it fails to sign up for the expanded medicaid. and that, the chief justice said was not a gentle nudge, calling it an unconstitutional gun to the head. so the states, they are all left to decide whether or not to join medicaid expansions, and the huge federal subsidies. the fite was all, but certain to continue. >> they will place the mandate with the tax. >> i'm so happy as the supreme court, doing the right thing to uphold the constitution. >> reporter: now, one big question is what this is now going to do to the supreme court's reputation with the public, you know, before the vote. they were suggesting that the supreme court had gotten just way too political and was making big decisions, based on politicians. t

and as a result, the irs would have to hire a lot more people to implement this. >> exactly. >> it wasthe justices as a tax. >> it's going to be administered through the tax code. they say it reasonably relates to the raising of some amount of federal revenue. therefore, it is a tax. >> wolf, don't forget, during the arguments, the justices were grappling with how do you uphold essentially the guts of the law if you strike down the individual mandate. it wouldn't be surprising that they're saying there's a way to in essence keep the commerce clause as is, striking it down, but still not gut the law. i wouldn't be surprised if roberts recognized the long-term implications of striking down the health care law with so many people already who have preexisting conditions on their insurance. it's interesting how the court sort of molded this decision. >> is it a tax or civil regulatory penalty, which is what the other side argued. the court, justice roberts said -- >> if you're in the white house, you're doing the happy dance. >> the bottom line is that the bottom health care reform law has

that has was poked the ire of the united states and hence this tension.ted? >> yeah, i'm afraid so. i think the question is what produces them. and are they going to continue indefinitely or does the assad regime have a strategy in mind however brutal and heartest it may be. if it does a few more of these it has persuaded some how it will prevail. it has not done this out of complete disregard of human life. unfortunately, in addition to that kind of a calculation bean extremely callous and cruel i think it's wrong because i think that the syrian opposition has proven it's not going away. this the point that vladimir putin missed as well. he might have helped that this would be the simplest thing the best thing for russia and arguably a few months ago it may have seemed the best thing for the syrian people compared to the chaos. but at this point it's too late to put the genie back in the bottle. we'll have to have some kind of power sharing or this will not end in the near future. that's point that i hope putin reassesses. >> eliot: you're right. it's ha

i'm not going to use the irs to prosecute their taxes. i'm not going to have the irs prosecute the fines for obama care for not buying mandated insurance. >> let her answer. go ahead. >> first, let's tell truth here. this is not an absolute decree and the president has said this very clearly. this is still a case by case review of each case that comes before them. it is, like you said, will, prosecutorial discretion, which the president has under the law. so he is not basically ignoring anything. >> that's not true. >> he's using the authority that he has under current law to do a case by case review of each of these kids who, by the way, have done nothing wrong of their own doing. and, by the way, you're right, this actually has been done before. bush famously, when he signed legislation would include statements basically saying if he didn't like pieces of the law he wasn't going to enforce it. >>> my thanks to maria and will. firefighters in colorado now have even more to worry about, details next. plus, this -- >> this one here, becaus

like perhaps the irs, can they do anything? >> you know, this is one of the real myths about the mandate. the law actually says the irs cannot collect what is a pretty small penalty, a few hundred dollars. it tells the irs you can't put a lien on people's houses, you can't force them to pay that. it's meant to be kind of a little bit of an effort to encourage people to get insurance, but it is not truly enforceable. >> so how does the mandate really stack up? is it an important part of the overall law? >> a lot of people have said this. in fact, the insurance companies, which at the end of the day came out against passing the health reform, they were for it for most of the 2009-2010 bloodbath because they liked the mandate. get everybody in, then we can offer a quality insurance package and make money. the insurance companies came out against health insurance reform once the mandate penalty got smaller and smaller and was not enforceable. look, people are getting subsidies and they are giving access to health insurance, we expec