IRS Targeted Conservative Groups

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  1. Masbee

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    IRS Commissioner Resigns

    Obama is "angry about IRS conduct."

    http://www.cnn.com/
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    Heh. Angry they were so absurdly ham-handed in doing EXACTLY WHAT HE ASKED THEM TO DO. (indirectly in his comments, speeches and constant complaints and berating's and publicly calling out of and whining about and denigration of right wing groups and figures.) He is the leader. Take some fucking responsibility for your leadership Barak.
     
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    Denny, is this still a non-issue in your opinion?
     
  3. Denny Crane

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    It isn't harassment. And it doesn't violate the constitution. If you think it does, show me where :)

    Harassment requires an element of threats and demands. In this case, the groups wanting to be 501(c)4 could have raised all the money they wanted as a for-profit organization and spent it in near unlimited fashion.
     
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    I didn't say it's a non-issue. I said it's absurd to compare to watergate or to make it out like it's reason to impeach.

    Didn't I say the people in the IRS involved would be fired? Obama just announced the top guy in the IRS was asked to resign and it's a done deal.
     
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    I'd say your following post was dismissing the topic as a non-issue.

     
  6. Denny Crane

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    I asked what YOUR complaint is. What did you want to see done about it?

    The IRS did go after people trying to cheat on taxes.
     
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    This guy has been the IRS head for a year, yet the targeting goes back for 2/2011.
     
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    They're coming fast and furious now.
     
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    HAHA! Don't trip yourself while backpedaling.
     
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    Odd that you avoid answering the questions. What is your complaint, and what do you want to see done about it.

    My position is that these organizations (and many on the left, too) shouldn't be given 501(c)anything status.

    501(c)4 is meant for organizations like the volunteer fire department, not for making soft money contributions to political campaigns tax deductible.
     
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    Yep.
     
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    Miller now says his term was up in June, so he was leaving anyhow.

    Why 'fire' him when it was just a few "rogue" IRS agents? How about firing the agents and their managers?
     
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    Such a 'non-issue' that the President held a brief press briefing/statement on it today. :dunno:
     
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    You won! He held a press conference.

    Now what? :)
     
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    It wasn't a press conference. It was a statement. Next up are the initial hearings on Friday.
     
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    Awesome. What do you expect they'll accomplish?
     
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    Two-thirds of the Senate? Not bloody likely. Besides, impeaching him makes him a victim and gives Biden sympathy. Better to show him for the corrupt empty suit he is and neuter him politically. He can bay at the moon until 2017.
     
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    Undercutting the press's opinion of Obama. Some lies are just too big to ignore. If it hinders the implementation of ObamaCare by illustrating that the IRS is going to administer that program as well, I consider exposing corruption by the administration to be a plus.
     

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