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Posted on 05/10/2013 2:47:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Conservative groups have rejected an Internal Revenue Service apology for unjustifiably scrutinizing tax-exempt conservative groups during the 2012 election cycle. The IRS apology has seemingly validated conservatives' fears of politically motivated regulation.
House Republican leaders, meanwhile, have vowed to investigate.
Lois Lerner, the director the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt organizations, said that organizations had been given additional scrutiny if their applications included the words "Tea Party" or "patriot." The practice originated with "low-level" employees in Cincinnati, according to an Associated Press report.
In a press conference on Friday, Lerner called the actions of these employees "absolutely inappropriate."
"They didn't do it because of any political bias," Lerner said, adding that singling out groups with specific names was an ill-thought-out organizational "shortcut."
"It was an error in judgment and it wasn't appropriate but that's what they did," she said.
"We've now corrected these issues, and we don't expect that any of these will be repeated going forward."
Despite the apology, conservative groups are now seizing on the news, which they say proves their long-standing complaints of mistreatment by the IRS.
"President Obama must also apologize for his administration ignoring repeated complaints by these broad grassroots organizations of harassment by the IRS in 2012, and make concrete and transparent steps today to ensure this never happens again," said Jenny Beth Martin, national coordinator for Tea Party Patriots.
Tea Party Express founder Sal Russo told ABC News that his group, formed as a PAC, never heard from the IRS but did hear from smaller Tea-Party groups that complained of government scrutiny.
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true conservative congressmen should choke this administration out the last four years with hearings, denying federal judge appointments, filibustering, calls for impeachment when warranted, cleaning out statehouses from liberal influences, and calling for the abolishment of Sec of Ed,fundamentally restructuring FDA, Interior, and the IRS.
Where is the playbook on making this happen and who is the coach?
After I heard this story I started wondering. I turned in my return in January expecting a refund. First, I was supposedly identified as a possible identity theft something or other. Once I settled that after an hour on the phone, it was supposed to start processing. In late April after repeated checks on where’s my refund stating it was still processing, I called back. another hour on the phone I was told, oh this was our fault completely and you did everything right. at that point I was told it should be in pending process with a few days. It’s still processing. And of course they do not pay late payments or penalties and interest when they owe me.
I am sure the IRS will keep their word. When it comes to health care, if your Tea Party, they will not investigate anything for you.
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