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Obama defends IRS, says tea party targeting didn't happen
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Ubiquitous
Jul 22, 2015, 6:58:45 AM7/22/15
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By Stephen Dinan
President Obama defended the IRS Tuesday in an interview with “Daily
Show” host Jon Stewart, saying the tea party-targeting scandal was
actually Congress‘ fault for passing “a crummy law” and that the real
problem is the agency doesn’t have enough money.
Mr. Obama, who has overseen a series of scandals at the IRS, the
Veterans Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives and now the Office of Personnel Management, was asked why
government didn’t seem to be working on his watch.
But the president said he’s not to blame, using the IRS as an example
of how what went wrong wasn’t his fault, and questioning whether tea
party groups were ever targeted. [Liar!]
The IRS‘ internal auditor concluded that the agency did, in fact,
target conservative and tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny, and
Mr. Obama’s own Justice Department is still conducting a criminal
investigation into the targeting.
Mr. Obama, though, disputed that version Tuesday, according to the pool
reporter traveling with the president.
Mr. Obama said Congress “passed a crummy law” that provided vague
guidance to the people who worked at the IRS. And he said that
employees implemented the law “poorly and stupidly.”
The president went on to say that the “real scandal around the IRS is
that they have been so poorly funded that they cannot go after these
folks who are deliberately avoiding tax payments.”
Congress, prodded by Republican leaders, has sliced money from the IRS,
saying it’s punishment for wasteful spending and for the targeting
scandal.
But the IRS has said those cuts are now affecting its core services
such as answering taxpayers’ phone calls during this year’s filing
season.
Mr. Obama has asked for a major boost in funding for the IRS to get
back on track for customer service and for stepping up investigations
of taxpayers.
--
"We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends"
-- Barack "Dear Ruler" Obama
President Obama defended the IRS Tuesday in an interview with “Daily
Show” host Jon Stewart, saying the tea party-targeting scandal was
actually Congress‘ fault for passing “a crummy law” and that the real
problem is the agency doesn’t have enough money.
Mr. Obama, who has overseen a series of scandals at the IRS, the
Veterans Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives and now the Office of Personnel Management, was asked why
government didn’t seem to be working on his watch.
But the president said he’s not to blame, using the IRS as an example
of how what went wrong wasn’t his fault, and questioning whether tea
party groups were ever targeted. [Liar!]
The IRS‘ internal auditor concluded that the agency did, in fact,
target conservative and tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny, and
Mr. Obama’s own Justice Department is still conducting a criminal
investigation into the targeting.
Mr. Obama, though, disputed that version Tuesday, according to the pool
reporter traveling with the president.
Mr. Obama said Congress “passed a crummy law” that provided vague
guidance to the people who worked at the IRS. And he said that
employees implemented the law “poorly and stupidly.”
The president went on to say that the “real scandal around the IRS is
that they have been so poorly funded that they cannot go after these
folks who are deliberately avoiding tax payments.”
Congress, prodded by Republican leaders, has sliced money from the IRS,
saying it’s punishment for wasteful spending and for the targeting
scandal.
But the IRS has said those cuts are now affecting its core services
such as answering taxpayers’ phone calls during this year’s filing
season.
Mr. Obama has asked for a major boost in funding for the IRS to get
back on track for customer service and for stepping up investigations
of taxpayers.
--
"We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends"
-- Barack "Dear Ruler" Obama
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Jul 22, 2015, 11:29:20 AM7/22/15
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On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 05:21:47 -0500, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net>
wrote:
>President Obama defended the IRS Tuesday in an interview with “Daily
>Show” host Jon Stewart, saying the tea party-targeting scandal was
>actually Congress‘ fault for passing “a crummy law” and that the real
>problem is the agency doesn’t have enough money.
>==========================================================
"These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America’s
founding fathers.
Ronald Regan introducing the Mujahideen leaders, 1985).
wrote:
>President Obama defended the IRS Tuesday in an interview with “Daily
>Show” host Jon Stewart, saying the tea party-targeting scandal was
>actually Congress‘ fault for passing “a crummy law” and that the real
>problem is the agency doesn’t have enough money.
"These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America’s
founding fathers.
Ronald Regan introducing the Mujahideen leaders, 1985).
NoBody
Jul 23, 2015, 6:43:03 AM7/23/15
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you)? No personal integrity apparently....
NoBody
Jul 25, 2015, 9:28:55 AM7/25/15
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