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By Barnini Chakraborty
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/17/could-lose-everything-tea-party-groups-prepare-to-sue-irs/
Published May 17, 2013
Well, here we gooooo!!! I was wondering just how long it was going to before they went there? not long, as it turns out.
First off, read the article above at the link, to understand where I'm going with this. OK.
Well now, lets get started. First of all, Faux News!?!?, who else.
Second of all, sue the IRS? in other words SUE the US Government!! really!?!?
For what and on what grounds?
Let's be clear, when you advocate to file a legal action (or file suit), to an Agency of the US Government, you are essentially filing suit to "We The People" of the United States of America. So, the Tea Party organizations and their otherwise Affiliates (regardless of whatever name or title they decide to use), are still the-Tea Party, and now they want to sue US.
Again, let's be clear about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), what it is and when it came into being. Once again refer to this link on the IRS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service
As the wiki article explains, the IRS was created in July of 1862, during the Civil War, whereas President Abraham Lincoln and Congress created the office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue and enacted a temporary income tax to pay war expenses (see Revenue Act of 1862). The position of Commissioner exists today as the head of the Internal Revenue Service. So basically 150 years ago, the IRS was created to pay for the [Civil] War expenses, or as certain sects of Southerners to this day still refer to it as the "War of Northern Aggression", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_the_American_Civil_War
This is what I find as one of the most profound misunderstanding is that it seems like 3/4 of the populace of this country still does not grasp or fully comprehend is that "We the People" are the Government. A Government of the people, by the people and for the people..., and what these Tea Party organizations is advocating to do is sue me, you and you, et al, because they have been denied a tax-exempt status for their 501(c)4 political sham under the auspices of a Social Welfare Organization.
Now this paragraph of the article really got my attention:
...While initially waiting for IRS approval, Devereaux dipped into his own bank account, maxed out credit cards and even borrowed money from friends so his group could put on a civic-engagement training session at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington. His goal was to eventually set up a steady stream of revenue for a tax-exempt nonprofit.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/17/could-lose-everything-tea-party-groups-prepare-to-sue-irs/#ixzz2Tb3AdAbs
The part here is...His goal was to eventually set up a steady stream of Revenue for a Tax-Exempt Nonprofit..., anyone care to fathom how Mr. Devereaux planned to achieve this goal of a steady stream of Revenue? hint: this was to be a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.
Answer: apply for Grants. Smart one would say, a steady stream of revenue through Grant Monies. Even smarter of Mr. Devereaux, was the dipping into his own bank accounts, maxing out his credit cards, even borrowing from friends to hold a civic-engagement training session at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington. Imagine that. This way, he could prove to a Grant Making foundation that he was already engaged in "Social Welfare" activities that was for the "Common Good" of the Community. O'ta.
Just imagine if there is 3 to 4 thousand of these organizations (heck 10's of thousand), all across our great nation, taking campaign money(without having to disclose) and getting a steady stream of revenue( Grant Monies), just imagine the havoc this will have on the elections at the local, state and feceral level, just imagine.
the bottom line is that these people are so intent on their goals till that they are willing to sue all of us for a tax-exempt status so as to go about screwing US!
kimbutgar
(21,127 posts)Social welfare is not their real agenda. I say please proceed.
wandy
(3,539 posts)GOP's cash cow that lays the golden egg.
Gotta wonder if GOP co. feels as good about their creation as Dr. Frankenstein felt about his.
KT2000
(20,572 posts)will dig deep and come up with the truth:
How many tea party groups were started and who was finding them, how many denied
For the same time period, how many democratic groups were started, who was finding them and how many denied
Demoiselle
(6,787 posts)0rganism
(23,939 posts)Seems like a risky maneuver. Maybe they just don't know? Or they have confidence the Koch brothers will be furnishing them with the finest legal team possible? This should be interesting, in any case.
Brother Buzz
(36,415 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)rather than having it battled out by politicians pundits and flacks, who don't even have the facts, and don't know the laws, it will go to a court.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)sue the US government?