Written on Friday, May 17, 2013 by Susan Horton
· Strike One: Benghazi
· Strike Two: Associated Press
· Strike Three: Internal Revenue Service
Let’s review the very serious and frightening strike three. The IRS department head hit a foul ball with the announcement last Friday that up to two and 1/2 years ago staffers were targeting; Conservatives, Tea Party/Patriot members, Religious orgs., Jewish education groups, along with any group with the words limited scope, the size or actions of the govt., criticizing or questioning the govt., had their tax exempt status stalled for years.
Apparently President Obama stated in 2010 that 501C4 groups were “Enemies of Democracy.” This along with Senator Baucus (D-Mt) Finance committee and 6 other Democrat’s, Sept.20,2010 wrote the IRS commissioner urging extra scrutiny for those seeking tax exempt status and imposing strict caps on spending by non-profits. “Political campaigns and powerful individuals should not be able to use tax exempt organizations as political pawns to serve their own special interests”. This had to set the tone for encouraging workers behavior. Although it is appropriate for Baucus to raise that issue anything the Service would do in terms of looking at C-4’s should have been done even handedly and it wasn’t, shame on them.
Some of the claims against the IRS are;….To Read More…..
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