IRS knowingly targets Conservative groups! (troops, first amendment, important, enemies)

[AeroGuyDC]

Illegal. Heads will roll over this one way or another.

[All American NYC]

The public will want someone held accountable. This is dirty. I sure hope Obama knew nothing.

[MUTGR]

not just from a rogue branch office as originally claimed:

IRS officials in Washington were involved in targeting of conservative groups - The Washington Post

[MTAtech]

If an organization is applying for tax exempt status under 501c4, they are not supposed to spend the majority of their money on political activities. No one has an automatic right to this tax exemption. Thus, asking questions about their political activities, to determine whether the applicant is indeed spending a majority of its money on political activities, is exactly what the IRS should be doing.

[nick is rulz]

I doubt he did, and in a way I can almost understand the logic...although I cant say I approve.

What do you expect an agency that deals with tax collection to do when you have a sudden influx of groups that preach about how we need to end taxation, etc? I cant say Im shocked they kept a watchful eye....but Im still not siding with that logic and I do not approve that this occurred.

[Hollytree]

The IRS has a problem and it's not just targeting certain groups. They get millions of returns and can't possibly review all of them. Right now they have computer programs that spit out bad returns for various arithmetical reasons, they also specifically target specific groups such as the recent scrutiny of the EIC returns which found lots of fraud.

The only way the IRS could avoid targeting certain returns would be to conduct only random audits. This would not address the massive frauds taking place (like the millions lost in the debit card instant return frauds) and would negatively impact consistently honest small time taxpayers.

So, random audits only and eat the resulting fraud or submit your list of who should and should not be scrutinized?

[le roi]

Originally Posted by OICU812

Here is one of the letter the IRS data miners sent to harrass TEA Prty groups, and illegally obtain data

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

Illegal. Heads will roll over this one way or another.

How was this list of questions illegal?

[florida.bob]

The only group that lost tax exempt status from IRS, was a Dem group. Emerge America is all I have been able to find.

[All American NYC]

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday that the White House counsel’s office was briefed last month on the investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups. Carney said the IRS inspector general notified the White House counsel’s office during the week of April 22 that it was completing a review of the IRS office in Cincinnati that targeted conservative political groups for special examination.

Well, wait a minute: Didn’t President Obama say he was unaware until last Friday of the scandal?

This is a simple case of these liars not being able to keep track of their own lies.

It’s not easy being president. There are so many things to deny.

[TigerLily24]

Originally Posted by TXStrat

I find it amusing that you give Obama a pass from any responsibility, (as facts seem to indicate you should) but cannot resist the urge to somehow assign a degree of blame to Bush. Funny how that works.

Well, the biased audits that occurred during the Bush administration were pretty much ignored, so, clearly there is a double-standard at work yet again, and clearly there was precedent set that may have led to this current debacle.

The fact remains that President Bush did appoint someone who felt comfortable working in, or creating this environment. And we only need look at what happened with the federal attorneys (see David Iglesias) for evidence of similar behavior in other agencies.


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