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10 to 1 they get away with it and nothing more than a hand slap and public berating.
This administration has already gotten away with other issues and this will be no different.
The average American is a sheep. They're too busy watching American idol, Jersey shore, Teen mom to care what's going on. Besides gay marriage, Americans don't seem to be engaged in what's going on around them. Rome is burning.
President Richard Nixon was impeached for making the IRS go after his political opponents.
(cue the liberals whiners who will point out Nixon wasn't actually impeached... since he got out of town just ahead of the posse.)
Article 2 of the Articles of Impeachment against Nixon, describes his using the IRS to investigate and intimidate his political opponents. The articles were passed by the House Judiciary Committee on July 27, 1974. Nixon resigned two weeks later.
But today, when Obama does the same thing, all the IRS has to do is say "Oops, I'm sorry", and that makes it all better.
Maybe not a subversive, but at least worthy of a tax audit. I guess if the government does not want the citizens to know what's in the constitution, they can use strong arm tax audits to shut down efforts to educate people.
IRS targeted groups that criticized the government, IG report says
By Juliet Eilperin, Published: May 12, 2013 at 2:30 pmE-mail reporter
At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents in an audit conducted by the agency’s inspector general.
Should the IRS come to be seen as just a bunch of enforcers for whoever is in political power, the result would be an enormous loss of legitimacy for the tax system.
There are lots of different types of non-profit, or tax-exempt, organizations, and they all have different designations by the IRS, with different rules regarding activities, income, taxes etc. A 501(c)3 tax exempt organization is a very specific type of non-profit agency. In exchange for paying zero taxes, and allowing contributors to deduct their charitable giving to those groups, they HAVE to restrict their activities to religious, educational, charitable, literary and scientific activities. Labor unions have a different designation and rules about taxes and income, as do PACS, which are another type of non-profit. For instance, donors can't deduct their gifts to a PAC. You also can't do significant lobbying, or support political activities and campaigns or candidates if you're a 501(c)3--you can't have a candidate come speak at an event unless you have his opponent come as well, and even then you can't show in any way that you support one over another. You can't endorse a candidate, give money, or organize your members to do volunteer campaign work. You can't promote candidates or even a specific political party on your website or in any kind of materials or speeches. That's why people have been making big stinks about churches (which are also 501(c)3's endorsing political candidates. 501(c) organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I still want to know why a tea party group would apply for a 501(c)3 designation? I'd flag their application too--they are political groups who support specific candidates by their very nature. 501(c)3 groups can't do that kind of work. I used to run non-profit agencies, and I'm very familiar with the rules--the IRS is VERY strict about this. Limits on Political Campaigning for 501(c)(3) Nonprofits | Nolo.com
There are lots of different types of non-profit, or tax-exempt, organizations, and they all have different designations by the IRS, with different rules regarding activities, income, taxes etc. A 501(c)3 tax exempt organization is a very specific type of non-profit agency. In exchange for paying zero taxes, and allowing contributors to deduct their charitable giving to those groups, they HAVE to restrict their activities to religious, educational, charitable, literary and scientific activities. Labor unions have a different designation and rules about taxes and income, as do PACS, which are another type of non-profit. For instance, donors can't deduct their gifts to a PAC. You also can't do significant lobbying, or support political activities and campaigns or candidates if you're a 501(c)3--you can't have a candidate come speak at an event unless you have his opponent come as well, you can't endorse a candidate, give money, or organize your members to do volunteer campaign work. You can't promote candidates or even a specific political party on your website or in any kind of materials or speeches. That's why people have been making big stinks about churches (which are also 501(c)3's endorsing political candidates. 501(c) organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I still want to know why a tea party group would apply for a 501(c)3 designation? I'd flag their application too--they are political groups who support specific candidates by their very nature. 501(c)3 groups can't do that kind of work. I used to run non-profit agencies, and I'm very familiar with the rules--the IRS is VERY strict about this. Limits on Political Campaigning for 501(c)(3) Nonprofits | Nolo.com
Same said about Media Matters
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The average American is a sheep. They're too busy watching American idol, Jersey shore, Teen mom to care what's going on. Besides gay marriage, Americans don't seem to be engaged in what's going on around them. Rome is burning.
Teaching the constitution makes you a subversive
