Gov. Paul LePage was certainly feeling some type of way when he used his weekly radio address to blast President Obama’s health care law and likened the IRS to Nazi Germany’s “Gestapo” secret police.
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His rant included stabs at both Obama’s health care initiative and provisions in the Affordable Care Act.
As reported by the Morning Sentinel:
The IRS description was a reference to a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires Americans not insured by their employers or Medicaid to buy health insurance or pay an annual penalty when filing their tax returns.
LePage said the court decision has “made America less free.”
“We the people have been told there is no choice,” he said. “You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo — the IRS.”
The commentary did not sit well with many, especially not Maine Democratic Party Chairman Ben Grant, who responding to the Gestapo remark with the following statement:
“We’ve come to expect a bunch of nonsense from Gov. LePage, but this is a step too far. There appears now to be no limit to the extreme language he will use to misinform, degrade and insult people. Somebody needs to explain to him that he’s the governor of a state, and not a talk radio host. I demand a full apology on behalf of all those who suffered at the hands of the real Gestapo.”
The Gestapo aided Hitler in the imprisonment, punishment and killing of thousands of innocent people without cause.
SOURCE: Morning Sentinel
