IRS Targeted Conservative Groups

common man add OPB/PBR, CNN, MSNBC, Creepy Crawley....

 

yes and what IF Obama takes away all our guns
and what IF Obama isn't a US born citizen
and what IF Obama didnt finish his college
and what IF Obama is a secret muslim
and what IF Obama suports the muslim brotherhood
and what IF Benghazi was really something
and what IF Obama is a vile socalist
and what IF Obama's health care is a secret plan to murder babies and old people
and what IF Obama had a secret deal with Bill Clinton that he is renegging on?
and what IF Obama wants those mexicans to take over our country with immigration
and what IF Obama has a war on christmas with his christmans tree tax

Can we just change the republican party to the "what if" party. While we are at it we can all go burn a lower case t on Obama's front yard. T for troublemaker, that way when he see's it he will know that he is a big troublemaker.

 

Most of the S2 Blazer OT board is.

 

They were applying for tax exempt status. That is a subsidy.

 

oldguy
MoveOn.org -yes
Planned Parenthood -no
Abortion clinics -no
The Socialist Worker's Party -yes
Acorn (or whatever they're called now) -yes
The Progressive Majority -Idon't know what this is
Media Matters -yes
Progressive Radio Network -yes(assuming you don't mean NPR)
Americans for Democratic Action -yes
NARAL - I don't know what this is

 

Are you trying to say that CNN and MSNBC have applied to be tax exempt?

 

Yes, the head of the IRS lying repeatedly in front of a House hearing, and a growing scandal that now has IRS agents telling they were ordered by their superiors to target specific groups, is a 'circle jerk'.

At times I wonder about the IQ of the average Democrat voter.

 

So typical. Ad hominem attacks.

Do you have a worthwhile and defensible opinion that is rooted in some semblance of reality, or are you just a jerk?

 

You forgot that we're all racists and homophobes, too. :MARIS61:

Life as you would be interesting.

 

"A few rogue agents"

It's a GOP circle jerk!!!

 

That's a shame. I don't believe much of anything those groups stand for, but I don't believe it is ok for the incumbent president to use the IRS to jerk them around.

Go Blazers

 

Umm maybe we're misunderstanding each other. But my point was that, political groups should not have tax exempt status if their primary purpose is politics.

 

Naah. I generally agree with Obama, much more than I do with other political candidates.

 

I guess we are misunderstanding each other. Tax exempt status exists, whether we agree with it or not. I don't have an issue with the IRS questioning whether an organization qualifies for tax exempt status. That's their job, and it should be done even-handedly.

I do have a problem when the IRS selectively enforces the rules pertaining to that tax exempt status, based on whether the administration considers the group friend or foe.

How do you feel about the IRS making decisions on who gets what quality of health care based on whether the person is conservative or liberal?

Go Blazers

 

This should be a non-issue, IE political parties should not matter.

 

Seriously? You don't think politics were involved when they targeted conservative groups for the tax exempt status? Politics shouldn't matter there, either....but they did.

What makes you so confident that all of that thinking is going away and politics won't continue to play into the decisions the IRS makes?

Go Blazers

 

And unicorns should poop Skittles.

 

Holding up a group's application for 3 years and subjecting them to round after round of intrusive, prejudiced, and irrelevent questions is not "taking a close look," it is intimidation, harassment, and denial of basic rights.