IRS knowingly targets "tea party" groups

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[Darkhorse]

It is scary how political every aspect of government has become.

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[Spider]

[dontworrybehappy]

Care to comment on the actual article?

The fact that you avoided the actual content of the article is what is truly hilarious.

[Spider]

Avoided it how? Does it not go without saying that this sort of thing is not OK? Is there some question about that?

Or is this just you waving your hands around over the obvious?

You made an asinine and incorrect comment. Was just pointing it out.

[Winchester]

They were looking at 501(c)(4) applications not going after individuals and trying to wreck their lives, not that biasing one's sample of applications to examine for exempt status is okay either.

The more important issue here is the IRS is significantly understaffed (by design). This means they can not look at every tax exempt application in detail, not even close, which means a lot of organizations fall through the cracks and get granted tax exemption that wouldn't otherwise. This means sampling which individuals in charge can obviously bias.

I have no doubt both parties have "sweat shops" full of accountants, lawyers and political operatives pumping out piles of applications with the sole purpose to inundate the IRS during election years and end up getting organizations approved that would have not been otherwise.

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[Spider]

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