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   Chillbilly said, about 4 hours ago

   Ummm … Citizens United?
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   Adrian Snare said, about 3 hours ago

   Since when have we really had “free speech” ?
   think about it….
   True, this is an example…ten people look at what I write, one may actually read it and we are surrounded with advertisments….
   NOT what I call free speech..
   And, the IRS was NOT totally wrong in investigating the far right political groups, not, IMO.
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   Clark Kent said, about 2 hours ago

   Freedom of speech is enjoyed by the very few who are rich enough to have print or broadcast media and because they are rich they are far “right” conservatives. The media are not the least bit liberal. Liberal employees get fired.
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   brent said, about 2 hours ago

   And exactly WHY are they tax-exempt?
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   Respectful Troll said, about 2 hours ago

   @Adrian Snare

   We have the free speech, Mr. Snare, but the forum in which we are speaking has costs and so, there are ads. It is my understanding that if you go “Pro”, you lose the ads. GC attacks free speech more than the gov’t in the number of people it makes “invisible” without explanation. (Hope you’re well Howie)
   As far as your opinion that the IRS “was not wrong in investigating the far right political groups”, I disagree. The same criteria for auditing the public applies to investigating these 501 organizations. Draw them at random and ask the exact same type of questions from ALL. There will be red flags that may draw special attention, but those should be incidental AFTER a random drawing.
   These 501s are issue groups, and it must be confirmed that they are not overtly promoting the candidacy of any one person or group, but other than that, they should not be ‘attacked’ as a group.
   For instance you can say -
   “Write to Obama and tell him he’s wrong on health care” as it is legal, but saying –
   “Obama is destroying the economy with his health care plan”, is not legal.
   It’s subtle, but because of Citizen’s United, it’s also the way things are now
   Our opinions may guide our votes, but opinion should not guide policy. Policy needs to be based on facts and strict protocols.
   Respectfully,
   C.
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   Gore Bane said, about 1 hour ago

   @Adrian Snare

   You have a strange way of looking at things. People have a right to read what you write as THEY choose, not you. Therein lies the crux of the matter; the Left defines free speech as applying to them only.
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   mikefive said, 32 minutes ago

   @Adrian Snare

   “And, the IRS was NOT totally wrong in investigating the far right political groups, not, IMO.”
   ♦
   Perhaps you should use other sources of information than you are to get a broader picture of what was going on in the IRS as pertains to the 501C3 and C4 applications. It wasn’t a matter of far right political groups. It was a matter of having certain key words in your organization’s title. This would result in delays of processing your application and further questions being asked that were (may have been?) illegal.
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