Both the higher ups in the IRS and the White House have already stated that they will put a stop to this, so your beef is relatively meaningless. And this is even though the Tea Party organization has repeatedly stated just how much they not only hate taxes, but even the government of this country itself. If they really do not like it here, then they are welcome to go elsewhere (Somalia comes to mind, less taxes there I am sure).
The total number of “social welfare” organizations (what we used to call political action committees) who were turned down for tax-exempt status: zero.
Harley,you are so typical of the Obama haters. If you’d spent more time on Google than Fox you might have discovered http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11257.html
“Social welfare” organizations that primarily design attack ads must not be questioned, but when a church of the “Prince of Peace” gets a threatening letter and a long audit for a sermon questioning war, that is proper to stop them. My own congregation was infiltrated by both the FBI and CIA (the CIA one was obvious to the point of a joke, the FBI hid better) under Nixon and Reagan. I didn’t hear any Reich-wing squaks then.
Now – if they’d get off the dime on HSUS (excessive lobbying, misrepresentation of mission, funds missing from Katrina, just off the top of my head) we might have a future to look forward to. They started an audit a couple of years ago, apparently, but they are dragging their feet.
Off topic, but does anybody know who replaced Cal Sunstein?
frodo1008 almost 11 years ago
Both the higher ups in the IRS and the White House have already stated that they will put a stop to this, so your beef is relatively meaningless. And this is even though the Tea Party organization has repeatedly stated just how much they not only hate taxes, but even the government of this country itself. If they really do not like it here, then they are welcome to go elsewhere (Somalia comes to mind, less taxes there I am sure).
rockngolfer almost 11 years ago
The IRS spent two years investigating the NAACP, but who cares?
d_legendary1 almost 11 years ago
The real reason some organizations are targeted.
Godfreydaniel almost 11 years ago
The total number of “social welfare” organizations (what we used to call political action committees) who were turned down for tax-exempt status: zero.
Justice22 almost 11 years ago
If anything inappropriate was done by the IRS to help re-elect President Obama, why didn’t they release Romney’s tax returns?
attarian almost 11 years ago
Harley,you are so typical of the Obama haters. If you’d spent more time on Google than Fox you might have discovered http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11257.html
hippogriff almost 11 years ago
“Social welfare” organizations that primarily design attack ads must not be questioned, but when a church of the “Prince of Peace” gets a threatening letter and a long audit for a sermon questioning war, that is proper to stop them. My own congregation was infiltrated by both the FBI and CIA (the CIA one was obvious to the point of a joke, the FBI hid better) under Nixon and Reagan. I didn’t hear any Reich-wing squaks then.
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
Does it matter? There are no shortage of candidates, as I see it …
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
Thank you. Wish I’d said that.
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
And they’ve said it so often, in so many venues, it’s hard to see how anyone can continue to be in denial on that score.
Hawthorne almost 11 years ago
@ahab
Best news I’ve heard in a while!
Now – if they’d get off the dime on HSUS (excessive lobbying, misrepresentation of mission, funds missing from Katrina, just off the top of my head) we might have a future to look forward to. They started an audit a couple of years ago, apparently, but they are dragging their feet.
Off topic, but does anybody know who replaced Cal Sunstein?
hippogriff almost 11 years ago
David: Then why hasn’t it caught on, I have only been using it for a half-century now.