Posted on 05/16/2013 9:29:12 AM PDT by Starman417
Edited on 05/16/2013 9:38:00 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
What a complete abuse of power:
IRS officials refused to grant tax exempt status to two pro-life organizations because of their position on the abortion issue, according to a non-profit law firm, which said that one group was pressured not to protest a pro-choice organization that endorsed President Obama during the last election.“In one case, the IRS withheld approval of an application for tax exempt status for Coalition for Life of Iowa. In a phone call to Coalition for Life of Iowa leaders on June 6, 2009, the IRS agent ‘Ms. Richards’ told the group to send a letter to the IRS with the entire board’s signatures stating that, under perjury of the law, they do not picket/protest or organize groups to picket or protest outside of Planned Parenthood,” the Thomas More Society announced today. “Once the IRS received this letter, their application would be approved.”
So they had to promise not to exercise their right to protest?
Wow!
Doesn't stop there...now if you're a minority conservative group you will be targeted also:
A conservative Hispanic outreach group that educates Spanish-speaking and English-speaking Hispanic communities on the US Constitution was also targeted after applying for 501(c3) status, according to the group’s founder and president, Adryana Boyne.Boyne's organization, named Voces Action, also applied for 501(c4) status. Boyne said she abandoned her 501(c3) efforts due to the IRS’s treatment of her. “I spent thousands of dollars on attorneys and hundreds of hours dealing with the IRS on this. Our groups had separate boards and followed all of the laws,” said Boyne.
“We applied for nonprofit status in June of 2009 and we did not hear back from them until late 2010, even though we began calling them after six months had passed,” said Boyne. “We received the same kind of intrusive questions that Tea Party groups received. We are not a Tea Party group, but I have spoken at some Tea Parties.”
What kind questions?
The IRS sent us 27 pages of questions, they demanded recordings of every speech I’ve ever given and details about every person I know who is a politician in my life. They demanded to know how many times I had met with them and details of my personal relationships with them. Many of my closest friends are politicians and they wanted private information about my friendships.
And this rabbit hole seems to be getting bigger:
One of FOX19′s two sources went on say that these four IRS workers claim “they simply did what their bosses ordered.” FOX19 reported on Tuesday that the report by the Office of Inspector General states that senior IRS officials knew agents were targeting Tea Party groups as early as 2011.In fact, according to that report, Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax exempt organizations, was told on June 29, 2011 that groups with ‘Tea Party’, ‘Patriot’ or ’9/12 Project’ in their names were being flagged for additional, and often burdensome, scrutiny.
While the IRS is pointing at ‘two rogue employees,’ the number of organizations that were singled out has swelled to nearly 500, according to Rep. Congressmen Darryl Issa and Ohio’s Jim Jordan.
And their excuse that they ONLY started scrutinizing these groups when their was a huge uptick of applications?
Lies:
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
Subtitle: Lies, damned lies and democrats.
LOGIC
“They simply did what their bosses ordered.”
A democrat IS by definition a LIAR.
I can hear it now behind WH closed doors:
"I'm no drama Obama - the people are stupid and will forget and my buddies, the media, will put on a show and then move on. We're used to the drill.
Next."
That will continue until we get this straight:
Freedom:
• Webster: the absence of coercion in choice or action
Tyranny:
• Webster: oppressive power (Jefferson – “every form of oppressive power over the mind of men”).
• Me (with help from Milton Friedman): Unjust or unconstitutional government coercion and interference with another’s personal, non-interfering liberty.
The degree to which we rebel against tyranny is the degree to which we remain free.
How come Ramirez cartoon was deleted?
Copyright violation.
ping
Bummer. I would think Ramirez would want to see his stuff all over FR (I could have sworn I’ve seen his stuff here before - he’s the best IMO).
I vas foloweeng orderz...
The whole mess ought to be deleted because Starman417 is a stinking blogpimp who only posts excerpts from a single blog that isn't on the excerpt list and hasn't made a comment in years.
You have family in za old country..
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