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In reply to the discussion: Why is everyone "outraged"?? [View all]Chathamization
(1,638 posts)49. Here you go:
Reposting this from earlier. I should also note that the report found that Tea Party cases made up the minority of cases sent to the special unit.
From the report:
According to the Director, Rulings and Agreements, thefact that the team of specialists worked applications that did not involve the Tea Party, Patriots, or 9/12 groups demonstrated that the IRS was not politically biased in its identification of applications for processing by the team of specialists.
Note: it's not just that they worked on applications not involving those groups, it's that the majority of their applications didn't involve those groups. But this is even more interesting:
Based on our review of other BOLO listing criteria, the use of organization names on the BOLO listing is not unique to potential political cases.16
So there were other groups included as well. But they don't list them...hey, what's footnote 16?
16 We did not review the use of other named organizations on the BOLO listing to determine if their use was appropriate.
Why not? Why did they only look to see whether or not Tea Party groups were targeted?
Now if we look back to see why they started this investigation: "TIGTA initiated this audit based on concerns expressed by members of Congress." Ah, so that's why they only looked at whether or not the Tea Party groups were treated inappropriately!
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Because they weren't targeting "groups that might not be 503(c) orgs," which is
Honeycombe8
May 2013
#1
"That handed conservatives a reason to hate and distrust Democratic administrations..."
kentuck
May 2013
#4
Nailed. It. - Since 1959, over 50 years of these exemptions. This is a tax-exempt food fight. nt
patrice
May 2013
#58
That tells us all we need to know, doesn't it? What a crock this whole thing is!
Squinch
May 2013
#80
Doesn't matter. The story is already spread. Most people won't read any further about it.
Honeycombe8
May 2013
#19
This administration has been terrible at informing the public on things and responding timely and st
DonCoquixote
May 2013
#75
It seems that all three of the current "scandals" were initiated by GOP actions.
csziggy
May 2013
#65
sec 527 is the political organization tax-exempt designation, not 501c3
noiretextatique
May 2013
#70
Actually, if you want a tax exemption for your donations and include the words,
JDPriestly
May 2013
#72
Not playing your circular means something other than it says games.Have a great Saturday.
graham4anything
May 2013
#11
why? because the Rs expected Pres. O to defend the IRS and he didn't. Bipartisan outrage :)
Sunlei
May 2013
#28
He's a wise President because he came out near the beginning, like an outraged Republican?
RC
May 2013
#40
How do you declare intent to deceive before you even look at an application?
TheKentuckian
May 2013
#61
I don't think they do anything for the public good at all, in fact I think they are a black hole
TheKentuckian
May 2013
#86
I bet the apps are treated equally, but once the IRS flags an error or has a question..the app gets
Sunlei
May 2013
#51
Outraged that the Kochs and others have created new tax havens that influence elections.
mountain grammy
May 2013
#36