Monday, June 10, 2013

On the IRS

Remember when they used to be called "Bureau of Internal Revenue"? They changed the name to "service" to make it less, well, intimidating.

Five IRS Scandal Myths " “Rogue agents,” apolitical targeting, and a limited time frame? Not so fast."
"The Obama administration and its defenders have done their best to downplay the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups, and to distance the president from the scandal. But in doing so they have made numerous claims that have that turned out to be grossly misleading — at best."

 Were a pro-marriage group and its donors targeted by IRS employees?
"What makes NOM’s case unusual is this: The National Organization for Marriage has been operating as a nonprofit since 2008, so, as Eastman points out, it is not like the dozens or hundreds of conservative groups whose applications for tax-exempt status after Obama became president have led to invasive questioning, home visits, and audits. Rather, when it comes to IRS abuse, NOM is in a league of its own: As-yet-unknown IRS personnel may have dug into the records of NOM specifically and leaked confidential tax documents to its principal political opponent."
...."Phillips was able to isolate the layers and expose beneath the white box a hidden document identification number, 100560209."
 -- A self-described conservative Republican who is a manager in the Internal Revenue Service office that targeted tea party groups told investigators that he, not the White House, set the review in motion  According to a Democrat source, Rep. Elijah Cummings, who stated, "He is a conservative Republican working for the IRS. I think this interview and these statements go a long way to what's showing that the White House was not involved in this,".
And General Rommel committed suicide to save his family from Hitler's revenge.

Cummings Claims IRS Scandal Has Been ‘Solved’   It's all over and finished, folks. Move on now, nothing more to see here. This investigation needs to end.
Arguing that the congressional investigation into the IRS should be concluded, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings said Sunday that closed-door interviews with the agency’s staff show neither the White House nor officials in Washington had a hand in targeting conservative groups for added scrutiny.

...."Besides, even if the White House was not directly involved, how does that mean the case is solved? What this shows is that Cummings is solely concerned with protecting Obama."

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