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(13,986 posts) Wed May 29, 2013, 08:33 AM May 2013

Maybe the IRS WASN’T Wrong About the Tea Party Groups [View all]

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/maybe-the-irs-wasnt-wrong-about-the-tea-party-groups/

Turns out there were good reasons to target them. More at the link.

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Maybe the IRS WASN’T Wrong About the Tea Party Groups [View all] riqster May 2013 OP

Maybe stereotypes actually work...doesn't mean you can or should use then. dkf May 2013 #1

Agreed in principle riqster May 2013 #4

The IRS said they needed to target based on activity, not names. dkf May 2013 #9

Names can indicate activity riqster May 2013 #18

But that wasn't the criteria, to look for all names that indicate political activity. dkf May 2013 #21

This decision was not made in a vacuum riqster May 2013 #22

Funny how no one is owning up to it. Maybe it was done in a vacuum... dkf May 2013 #23

No, there have already been some heads rolling riqster May 2013 #36

Exactly, like if a number of people from the middle east hijacked jets hughee99 May 2013 #38

I'd say you're talking more general riqster May 2013 #41

Your example seems pretty general to me. hughee99 May 2013 #42

Let me be more precise riqster May 2013 #46

Now you're talking about pulling over people who match the specific description hughee99 May 2013 #47

And how do you know that? BlueStreak May 2013 #29

here you go TheFutureWillCome May 2013 #53

My point exactly. From that article: BlueStreak May 2013 #58

An audit consists of a predetermined sampling percent, say every tenth record - ten percent. xtraxritical May 2013 #26

No, the keywords were used for a BOLO list, be on the lookout for. dkf May 2013 #28

I'm telling you how audits are conducted. xtraxritical May 2013 #50

This was the processing of applications, not an audit. dkf May 2013 #52

Technically they "audit" the applications. Leave me alone if you think you know better. xtraxritical May 2013 #59

I don't think it's stereotypes - it's stated goals. CincyDem May 2013 #6

If the IRS could point to a stated goal, they wouldn't be in trouble... brooklynite May 2013 #10

I hate to break it to you but pretty much everyone wants to avoid taxes and its not illegal. dkf May 2013 #13

Thanks for the career advice, I'll take it under advisement. n/t CincyDem May 2013 #17

Yes, and if I advertise my intention to break a law, or even bend it riqster May 2013 #20

Al Gore was praised for his tax avoidance last year. nt Dreamer Tatum May 2013 #35

Oh come on. gcomeau May 2013 #25

you are correct noiretextatique May 2013 #55

No, that is not correct. BlueStreak May 2013 #60

thanks for the clarification noiretextatique May 2013 #61

Well, I'm not sure I follow BlueStreak May 2013 #62

thanks again...i got it this time noiretextatique May 2013 #63

NYT had a good piece yesterday malaise May 2013 #2

Yep. My blog post linked to it. riqster May 2013 #3

OH PLEASE MAKE IT SO!!!!!! tblue May 2013 #30

When POTUS gets the last laugh it will be all good malaise May 2013 #34

Yeah, but it would be a bigger laugh riqster May 2013 #37

I did wonder why he jumped in so early but you know malaise May 2013 #39

I jumped early too riqster May 2013 #40

how shocking! noiretextatique May 2013 #57

Back in the early hours when this "scandal" FIRST broke, Blue_Tires May 2013 #5

And you were correct malaise May 2013 #7

You saw more clearly than I did at the time riqster May 2013 #8

Silly me! I thought the IRS was run by the Obama Administration... brooklynite May 2013 #11

No. But the IRS was thrown to the wolves tblue May 2013 #31

Of course it was ... Cosmocat May 2013 #12

It has to be said more than a few DUers "rolled over on it," too... Blue_Tires May 2013 #19

Yeah. But we are not POTUS. tblue May 2013 #32

exactly noiretextatique May 2013 #56

? Takket May 2013 #14

The IRS cannot make statements about in-process investigations riqster May 2013 #16

The GOP media machine did their best and some were swayed siligut May 2013 #15

The whole 501(c)(4) exemption seems problemmatic at its core. Zealots of all stripes have always Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #24

Oops. Kingofalldems May 2013 #27

of course they weren't! Whisp May 2013 #33

Your sig quote is a fun line, but... Jefferson?? (n/t) thesquanderer May 2013 #43

Thanks for pointing out the erroneous attribution, thesquanderer. Nimajneb Nilknarf May 2013 #45

D'oh! That has been there for years, and you're the first one who caught my error. riqster May 2013 #48

Gee ...anti tax groups get targeted by IRS. They made it easy to be targeted.... L0oniX May 2013 #44

yup--I was surprised and shocked when Obama came out all apologetic& blaming the IRS librechik May 2013 #49

On May 15, I posted, "The IRS and the administration have overdone the apologies to the Tea Party" John1956PA May 2013 #51

no maybe about it: the IRS was not wrong noiretextatique May 2013 #54