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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums27 Tea Party groups are going to sue the IRS...
as early as next week.
I heard this on talk radio. It was either Rush or Hannity?
I think they may be in for a big surprise?
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)kentuck
(110,950 posts)Either way, they got some 'splaining to do...
flamin lib
(14,559 posts)74 were tea party/conservative and all were approved. Could be wrong. In any case the IRS was doing its job.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)These are the same idiots that thought the only reason health care costs were skyrocketing was frivolous lawsuits against doctors, etc.
What's good for the goose...to HELL with the GOOSE!!! I want my FREE MONEEEEEEEYYYYY!!!
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)"Discovery is a bitch."
Brother Buzz
(36,217 posts)Only, as usual, you stated it more eloquently.
kentuck
(110,950 posts)I think they may come to their senses before their little scams are made public?
The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)Unfortunately, or fortunately, as the case may be....
kentuck
(110,950 posts)tridim
(45,358 posts)But if you heard it on hate radio it's probably not true.
GoCubsGo
(32,061 posts)Ain't that some shit?!
John1956PA
(2,654 posts)I am thinking that the Tea Party 501(c)4 applications which the IRS was slow to approve, or did not approve, involved groups whose activities were primarily political in nature. However, I am all in favor of litigation so that the facts can come out in a detailed fashion.
The following is an excerpt from an Associated Press article dated today:
Tea Party Groups Call IRS Process 'Nightmare':
Over the next few years, the Ohio Liberty Coalition would raise thousands of dollars to bus activists to rallies, run phone banks, rent a tent at a local fair, and knock on roughly 40,000 doors across Ohio to challenge the president and his fellow Democrats in the 2012 elections.
From the outset, I note that I am not sure that the above-stated report of the groups activities is correct. However, if the report is correct, I can understand why the IRS demanded the the group supply information in addition to that contained in the application, since it appears the group was primarily engaged in political activities in contravention of 501(c)4.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)They probably are too stupid to realize that discovery means they'll actually have to prove they are social minded groups and don't endorse candidates. They'll have to provide EVERYTHING to the courts. This could be a lot of fun.
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)As DU's National Treasure so eloquently put it, discovery is a bitch. I have this strange feeling that some of the big tea party groups are being used by the Kochs, FreedomWorks, Crossroads GPS and other large national RW funding sources to conceal the origin of money being funneled to far-right politicians.
How it would work: Snidely Whiplash is running for Congress in Texas' 40th District. Crossroads GPS likes him and promises him $100 million...but they can't give it to him directly because out-of-area donations are a frequent staple of attack ads. So Crossroads filters all its donations through local tea party groups. This way, all Snidely's FEC disclosures list nothing but local group funding, but he has a level of funding he couldn't achieve through purely local donations.
There are many problems with this, key among them that it's a felony to provide the funding, a felony to serve as the conduit and a felony to receive the funding.
Discovery, especially in anything involving the IRS, would end with congressmen in prison.(The Koch Brothers wouldn't feel much heat because they're already loathed.) It would also destroy the tea party movement if it was proven they participate in illegal activities.)
And come on: do you REALLY think the Koch Brothers went to all that effort and expense just so people could stand on the corner holding "Obama is a muslin" signs?