@Uncle Joe – The problem isn’t that conservative groups were denied access to government protections offered to liberal groups.
the problem is that the IRS was politicized and allowed to pick and choose winners based on their political bent.
I’m sure you would have been screaming bloody hell if the situation has been reversed.
This can be fixed in two different ways. Either take away the 501c3 rights of everyone (I don’t recommend it but it can be done) or grant it to all groups without “Extra Scrutiny”.
But the Great and Powerful Zero thought he could use the IRS to punish his enemies which sounds vaguely familiar doesn’t it. It was wrong when Nixon did it and it is wrong now.
If those emails were as lily white as President 0 claims they would have been happy to flood the congressional inquiry with all of them. But funny how they got “Lost” when the pressure ratcheted up.
The only way to fix this problem is to do away with the current income tax and move to a VAT or Sales tax. It’s high time we stop singling out taxpayers for extra love from the IRS because they did well. I’m all for raising the price of everything: Food, cars, housing, electricity, gas, etc. by 10% or 12% or whatever the Government feels it needs but on every purchase. This would encourage savings and discourage consumerism. Oh I also think that tax should fall on Stocks and Bonds as well. That would discourage day trading and level the financial playing field for the small investor as well.
Oh and for those of you who say that it falls more heavily on the poor I call BULL#@!%. The guy who spends $1,000,000 in a year pays 100 times what the guy who spends $10,000 in a year.
@Uncle Joe – The problem isn’t that conservative groups were denied access to government protections offered to liberal groups.
the problem is that the IRS was politicized and allowed to pick and choose winners based on their political bent.
I’m sure you would have been screaming bloody hell if the situation has been reversed.
This can be fixed in two different ways. Either take away the 501c3 rights of everyone (I don’t recommend it but it can be done) or grant it to all groups without “Extra Scrutiny”.
But the Great and Powerful Zero thought he could use the IRS to punish his enemies which sounds vaguely familiar doesn’t it. It was wrong when Nixon did it and it is wrong now.
If those emails were as lily white as President 0 claims they would have been happy to flood the congressional inquiry with all of them. But funny how they got “Lost” when the pressure ratcheted up.
The only way to fix this problem is to do away with the current income tax and move to a VAT or Sales tax. It’s high time we stop singling out taxpayers for extra love from the IRS because they did well. I’m all for raising the price of everything: Food, cars, housing, electricity, gas, etc. by 10% or 12% or whatever the Government feels it needs but on every purchase. This would encourage savings and discourage consumerism. Oh I also think that tax should fall on Stocks and Bonds as well. That would discourage day trading and level the financial playing field for the small investor as well.
Oh and for those of you who say that it falls more heavily on the poor I call BULL#@!%. The guy who spends $1,000,000 in a year pays 100 times what the guy who spends $10,000 in a year.