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2. Attitudes like that are not helpful.

Hatred of taxes is a constitutionally protected political belief under the First Amendment.

If there were a proven connection between "hatred of taxes," a belief shared by the overwhelming majority of Americans, liberal and conservative, and actual violations of the tax and criminal code, would you kindly provide evidence of indictments, prosecutions or even settlement between the IRS and any Tea Party groups, of course other than those lawsuits by the Tea Party groups against the IRS. In fact, it is my understanding that the application for the relevant tax status has been approved for all the groups or are still pending and subject to lawsuits against the IRS.

Simply, the IRS must always remain totally apolitical. One you excuse unlawful actions against your political adversaries, it will most assuredly be used against you and your allies when the government inevitably switches parties.