Just when you think that all the things that the IRS did to conservative groups and individuals had come out, more of this sewage starts gushing out of the cesspool that the IRS has become. The latest news comes in today's expose in the McClatchy newspapers. According to the article, it was not just groups named Tea Party or Patriot that were targeted (like the IRS claimed at first). Further, the targeting of conservatives began in 2009 at least a year prior to the period to which the IRS now admits.
Here is an example of the targeting. The Coalition for Life of Iowa filed for tax exempt status in 2009 and was granted that status but with a condition. The IRS required members of the group to sign a pledge promising not to picket in front of Planned Parenthood before the tax status would be granted. Think about that. Imagine that the IRS told members of a church that they could have tax free status but only if they agreed not to hold worship services. Suppose the IRS told a union that it could have tax free status but only if it agreed not to ever strike. Suppose the IRS told a veterans' organization that it could have tax free status but only if it agreed never to hold a rally in support of helping wounded vets. All of these things have the same problem. The IRS demanded that the group and its members give up their rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in order to get tax exempt status. THIS IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL!!!!! THE ALLEGED REQUEST BY THE IRS AGENT WAS A CRIME!!!!!
The McClatchy article lists a whole batch more of people who were persecuted by the IRS who had nothing to do with the Tea Party and whose persecution began even before the Tea Parties were formed.
The cancer at the IRS keeps growing larger. There is no way that this problem was a secret to the White House. We know that the Treasury Department was fully aware of the problem more than a year ago. The Obama administration just let the persecution of people for their political beliefs go on and on. Obama did nothing to stop these crimes.
America finally has its own secret police. It is really a sad day!
Here is an example of the targeting. The Coalition for Life of Iowa filed for tax exempt status in 2009 and was granted that status but with a condition. The IRS required members of the group to sign a pledge promising not to picket in front of Planned Parenthood before the tax status would be granted. Think about that. Imagine that the IRS told members of a church that they could have tax free status but only if they agreed not to hold worship services. Suppose the IRS told a union that it could have tax free status but only if it agreed not to ever strike. Suppose the IRS told a veterans' organization that it could have tax free status but only if it agreed never to hold a rally in support of helping wounded vets. All of these things have the same problem. The IRS demanded that the group and its members give up their rights to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in order to get tax exempt status. THIS IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL!!!!! THE ALLEGED REQUEST BY THE IRS AGENT WAS A CRIME!!!!!
The McClatchy article lists a whole batch more of people who were persecuted by the IRS who had nothing to do with the Tea Party and whose persecution began even before the Tea Parties were formed.
The cancer at the IRS keeps growing larger. There is no way that this problem was a secret to the White House. We know that the Treasury Department was fully aware of the problem more than a year ago. The Obama administration just let the persecution of people for their political beliefs go on and on. Obama did nothing to stop these crimes.
America finally has its own secret police. It is really a sad day!
1 comment:
God forbid OBAMA were to resign.
Can you imagine BUMBLING JOE BIDEN as PRESIDENT? OUCH OUCH OUCH!
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