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The IRS Was Dead Right To Scrutinize Tea Party
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RebBiker
May 16, 2013, 6:27:00 PM5/16/13
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Lost in the latest political scandal is a simple fact: The Internal
Revenue Service was acting in the public interest when it opted to
train its auditing power on the Tea Party and affiliated groups.
In castigating government as the root of all evil while portraying
taxation as a form of tyranny, the Tea Party is no less than a mass
celebration of the evasion of the basic responsibilities of American
citizenship. Common sense alone tells you that people drawn to its
ranks may feel extra temptation to find ways to limit what they
surrender to the rogue federal bureaucrats who have supposedly seized
the nation.
The cover-up is the bad part here, as in nearly all Washington
scandals. It's not the act itself that delivered the real trouble --
in this case, a campaign unleashed in the Cincinnati offices of the
IRS to scrutinize with particular rigor the applications for
tax-exempt status submitted by Tea Party-affiliated groups. Rather, it
was what happened afterwards that poses the problem: Officials at the
IRS lied to members of Congress about what was actually going on.
That's how we got here, to this full-blown scandal with all the usual
rituals -- an event that lends validation to seemingly every crackpot
idea a conservative group has ever leveled at the Obama
administration. (The fact that the Justice Department simultaneously
got caught on an overreach of its own, seizing a trove of
correspondence from journalists, hardly helps the administration
deflect the well-earned wrath of critics.)
But let's get back to the primary act at issue here: The IRS -- an
agency loved by no one and responsible for stocking the Treasury with
federal tax proceeds, due under the law -- appears to have devoted
unique effort to making sure that Tea Party organizations were not
fudging the paperwork in their bids to secure tax exemption.
Good for the IRS.
Lost in the latest political scandal is a simple fact: The Internal
Revenue Service was acting in the public interest when it opted to
train its auditing power on the Tea Party and affiliated groups.
In castigating government as the root of all evil while portraying
taxation as a form of tyranny, the Tea Party is no less than a mass
celebration of the evasion of the basic responsibilities of American
citizenship. Common sense alone tells you that people drawn to its
ranks may feel extra temptation to find ways to limit what they
surrender to the rogue federal bureaucrats who have supposedly seized
the nation.
The cover-up is the bad part here, as in nearly all Washington
scandals. It's not the act itself that delivered the real trouble --
in this case, a campaign unleashed in the Cincinnati offices of the
IRS to scrutinize with particular rigor the applications for
tax-exempt status submitted by Tea Party-affiliated groups. Rather, it
was what happened afterwards that poses the problem: Officials at the
IRS lied to members of Congress about what was actually going on.
That's how we got here, to this full-blown scandal with all the usual
rituals -- an event that lends validation to seemingly every crackpot
idea a conservative group has ever leveled at the Obama
administration. (The fact that the Justice Department simultaneously
got caught on an overreach of its own, seizing a trove of
correspondence from journalists, hardly helps the administration
deflect the well-earned wrath of critics.)
But let's get back to the primary act at issue here: The IRS -- an
agency loved by no one and responsible for stocking the Treasury with
federal tax proceeds, due under the law -- appears to have devoted
unique effort to making sure that Tea Party organizations were not
fudging the paperwork in their bids to secure tax exemption.
Good for the IRS.
Joe Cooper
May 16, 2013, 7:48:45 PM5/16/13
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"RebBiker" <em...@here.net> wrote in
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-s-goodman/irs-tea-party_b_3280063.h
individuals like Wayne Allyn Root.
The IRS was being used - deliberately - to attack the 1st Amendment
rights of any individual or group opposing the Obamessiah.
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news:79nap859988746nb9...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net:
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-s-goodman/irs-tea-party_b_3280063.h
> tml Lost in the latest political scandal is a simple fact: The
> Internal Revenue Service was acting in the public interest when it
> opted to train its auditing power on the Tea Party and affiliated
> groups.
But it wasn't in the public interest to ignore proggie groups or attack
> Internal Revenue Service was acting in the public interest when it
> opted to train its auditing power on the Tea Party and affiliated
> groups.
individuals like Wayne Allyn Root.
The IRS was being used - deliberately - to attack the 1st Amendment
rights of any individual or group opposing the Obamessiah.
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Enjoy Internet Privacy And Anonymity: http://hidemyass.com/vpn/r6995:5/
Leftists think and act like protofascists. Control is the key. And
control through fear, threat of force, and rhetorical intimidation
is the modus operandi. (Ben Shapro, "Bullies")
deadrat
May 17, 2013, 2:57:04 AM5/17/13
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On 5/16/13 6:48 PM, Joe Cooper wrote:
> "RebBiker"<em...@here.net> wrote in
> news:79nap859988746nb9...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net:
>
>> >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-s-goodman/irs-tea-party_b_3280063.h
>> >tml Lost in the latest political scandal is a simple fact: The
>> >Internal Revenue Service was acting in the public interest when it
>> >opted to train its auditing power on the Tea Party and affiliated
>> >groups.
> But it wasn't in the public interest to ignore proggie groups or attack
> individuals like Wayne Allyn Root.
Oh, crymeafugginriver. There was no "auditing" power exercised. Some
> "RebBiker"<em...@here.net> wrote in
> news:79nap859988746nb9...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net:
>
>> >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-s-goodman/irs-tea-party_b_3280063.h
>> >tml Lost in the latest political scandal is a simple fact: The
>> >Internal Revenue Service was acting in the public interest when it
>> >opted to train its auditing power on the Tea Party and affiliated
>> >groups.
> But it wasn't in the public interest to ignore proggie groups or attack
> individuals like Wayne Allyn Root.
rightwing political groups had their applications for tax-exempt status
denied. They merely fixed the applications and re-submitted them. The
only group that actually had that status revoked was on the left.
> The IRS was being used - deliberately - to attack the 1st Amendment
> rights of any individual or group opposing the Obamessiah.
Nobody does. And nobody's 1st Amendment rights were denied them.
<snip/>
<projection>
> Leftists think and act like
> protofascists. Control is the key. And control through fear, threat of
> force, and rhetorical intimidation is the modus operandi. (Ben Shapro,
> "Bullies")
</projection>
> protofascists. Control is the key. And control through fear, threat of
> force, and rhetorical intimidation is the modus operandi. (Ben Shapro,
> "Bullies")
Joe Cooper
May 17, 2013, 11:56:36 AM5/17/13
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deadrat <a...@b.com> wrote in
news:8qudnVuCOZdcSQjM...@giganews.com:
> On 5/16/13 6:48 PM, Joe Cooper wrote:
>> "RebBiker"<em...@here.net> wrote in
>> news:79nap859988746nb9...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net:
>>
>>> >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-s-goodman/irs-tea-party_b_328006
>>> >3.h tml Lost in the latest political scandal is a simple fact: The
>>> >Internal Revenue Service was acting in the public interest when it
>>> >opted to train its auditing power on the Tea Party and affiliated
>>> >groups.
>> But it wasn't in the public interest to ignore proggie groups or
>> attack individuals like Wayne Allyn Root.
>
> Oh, crymeafugginriver. There was no "auditing" power exercised. Some
> rightwing political groups had their applications for tax-exempt
> status denied. They merely fixed the applications and re-submitted
> them. The only group that actually had that status revoked was on the
> left.
Ooops - you didn't do your homework. No applications were denied - they
were delayed for more than two years.
Even the IRS isn't making the claims you have - you don't suppose it's
because the agency - unlike you - actually knows what it's been up to?
news:8qudnVuCOZdcSQjM...@giganews.com:
> On 5/16/13 6:48 PM, Joe Cooper wrote:
>> "RebBiker"<em...@here.net> wrote in
>> news:79nap859988746nb9...@anonymitaet-im-inter.net:
>>
>>> >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-s-goodman/irs-tea-party_b_328006
>>> >3.h tml Lost in the latest political scandal is a simple fact: The
>>> >Internal Revenue Service was acting in the public interest when it
>>> >opted to train its auditing power on the Tea Party and affiliated
>>> >groups.
>> But it wasn't in the public interest to ignore proggie groups or
>> attack individuals like Wayne Allyn Root.
>
> Oh, crymeafugginriver. There was no "auditing" power exercised. Some
> rightwing political groups had their applications for tax-exempt
> status denied. They merely fixed the applications and re-submitted
> them. The only group that actually had that status revoked was on the
> left.
were delayed for more than two years.
Even the IRS isn't making the claims you have - you don't suppose it's
because the agency - unlike you - actually knows what it's been up to?
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