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BlueStreak

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15. What do you mean by "trolling"

Mon May 13, 2013, 10:38 AM

May 2013

That word is not in the article's headline.

As far as I can tell, this "scandal" consists of the IRS having an automatic filter that looks for terms known to be associated with some organizations that have run fraudulent operations, abusing the tax status. It certainly was not limited to the teabaggers. This is, in fact, the IRS's job. How is that "trolling"?

Was there even a single case where a legitimate Tea party group that was entitled to tax free status was denied that status? I have not heard of any. And we know for certain that the IRS has allowed many shady right-wing organizations to skirt the law in this area.

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IRS targeting Tea Party and conservatives was wrong, but these political groups invited IRS scrutiny [View all] bigtree May 2013 OP

The IRS was not doing its job. kentuck May 2013 #1

Yup, and ProSense May 2013 #2

yep, and to the point bigtree May 2013 #5

Just imagine if Romney were president NewJeffCT May 2013 #6

Where were these people bluevoter4life May 2013 #8

I say, let them conduct a SEVERE audit of every 'organization' out there. onehandle May 2013 #3

I agree. secondvariety May 2013 #13

bigtree thanks for this post as it is one of the best at what this was about. The IRS may not have EV_Ares May 2013 #4

It does not matter about facts Iliyah May 2013 #7

well, I see an attempt to deflect away from the tea party abuse of these tax-exemptions bigtree May 2013 #10

I'm hoping this leads to exposing the fact that tea party groups have been evading paying taxes bushisanidiot May 2013 #9

It's the stuck pig that squeals the loudest... kentuck May 2013 #11

They had every right to investigate the tea party. Initech May 2013 #12

Part of these groups core mission is preventing minorities & Democrats from voting. KittyWampus May 2013 #14

What do you mean by "trolling" BlueStreak May 2013 #15

just a word bigtree May 2013 #17

. bigtree May 2013 #16

don't foget about the money laundering possibilities They_Live May 2013 #18

Methinks the Teaparty doth protest too much about taxes. Ganja Ninja May 2013 #19