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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Am I Missing Re: the IRS "Scandal"?
I still cannot for the life of me understand how it is that the IRS is SO GUILTY
of "targeting" conservative groups, when those very groups WERE ACTUALLY
BREAKING THE LAW, i.e. they were clearly, often blatantly, operating way outside
the statutory limitations of that tax status as a 501c4.
The only "crime" the IRS workers committed was doing their fucking job, paying
special attention to "profiling" which kinds of groups operate in most blatant dis-
regard for the law, in order to illumine the scope of the "problem". Isn't this
part of being a "professional" revenuer? ... you look first at the most obvious
cases, the most blatant violations, and they just happened to be the Tea Party
and KKKarl Rove and their ilk that stood out as just that: the most obvious
cases of blatant disregard for tax laws, laws it is the IRS's duty to enforce, with
a gun as necessary.
Can anyone explain to me why this IRS thing is getting even one inch of traction?
Maybe I really did miss something, mostly because I have only followed this from
afar so far, and am simply curious if there really is something these IRS employees
did that was improper. Looks to me like they were just doing
their job, ironically enough.
BTW - Oh, I get that the .01%-owned M$M is echo-chambering their marching orders
on cue. I get that. Which I guess is my point, if I have one, is that this whole charade
is becoming so painfully obvious, is why more heads aren't exploding?
or ...maybe they are.
pscot
(21,024 posts)People tune it out. Nobody cares.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)....and he had the retired head of that department of the IRS on for interview tonight, and he said the same thing. The IRS did nothing wrong. The IG is wrong in his report.
elleng
(131,073 posts)Not 'so guilty' of anything. Doing their JOB.
railsback
(1,881 posts)Most of those current 501( c)4s under investigation now for possible fraud abuse (300+) MUST be connected to Rightwing groups. The MSM has been completely useless in all this. Even after more information comes to light from the likes of the NYTimes, they insist on focusing on trigger words used by the IRS to flag possible fraudsters, and how 'unfair' it all is to Teabaggers. LoL. They are complicit in a major cover-up attempt by the GOP. Its like the invasion of Iraq all over again.
The IRS did their job, and now are getting raked over the coals for doing 'too good of a job'.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/us/politics/nonprofit-applicants-chafing-at-irs-tested-political-limits.html?hp&_r=3&
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)No wonder he's spinning in his grave.
Warpy
(111,328 posts)political, money laundering groups as "social welfare organizations" deserving of tax exempt status.
You want criminal behavior by the IRS, that's it.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)up is down, black is white, like it's exquisitely choreographed to
make any sane person who really pays attention feel like they're
going completely mad.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)and I have NOT yet heard a reasonable explanation
I do have a theory though - it's a setup of sorts to keep all eyes on the small fish while the big fish get away with EVERYTHING
Chathamization
(1,638 posts)And if the media had read the IG report at all, it stated that there were other groups on the BOLO list (and that the report didn't bother to check whether or not they were treated properly), and that the majority of groups sent to the special unit were non-Tea Party types. Recently we found that liberal groups received the same letter requesting additional information, and now we see that many of the groups were doing what the IRS was worried that they would.