Posted on 05/15/2013 8:29:02 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
The director of the Office of Rulings and Agreements, which oversees the determinatons of tax-exempt organizations, is a donor to Barack Obama. Holly Paz donated $2,000 to Obama’s 2008 campaign, according to Open Secrets, which maintains a database of individual political donations.
An inspector general’s report released yesterday concluded that the IRS improperly targeted Tea Party and other conservative groups for undue scrutiny, and Paz heads the office in which the wrongdoing is said to have occurred. National Review Online reported earlier today that agency officials are currently copying the hard drives of every employee on Paz’s watch. That data will be made available to investigators working on a second IG investigation focusing on the potential criminal activity individual agency employees.
The House Oversight Committe is requesting that Paz and four other employees be made available for transcribed interviews starting next week.
Data from the Center for Responsive Politics indicate that Paz’s donations are consistent with broader trends at the IRS, where agency employees donated overwhelming to President Obama in both the 2012 and 2008 presiential Elections.
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No!
Really?
Yes, and they want it as confusing as possible to keep people in fear of an audit. If people can't be sure of the rules they have to live in fear.
The plot thickens...
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Interesting... thanks!
She can’t afford her birth control pills. She needs them free so she can donate to the Communist party.
You need to get it added to FrontPage News or something
Thanks for the ping.
Are you saying she’s being set up as a fall guy?
I wondered about that too. This kind of 'outing' has a Clinton feel to it.
From the Chronical of Philantrophy:
June 28, 2012, 10:37 am
The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to question some large 501(c)(4) advocacy groups about their political activities, signaling a possible investigation into whether the organizations are violating their nonprofit status, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Holly Paz of the IRS’s tax-exempt division told a conference of certified public accountants Friday that the agency is working on a questionnaire to send to such groups. The agency has not set a date for when the queries will go out.
Sending such a questionnaire is generally considered the first step in an IRS probe, according to the Journal. If the agency determines that 501(c)(4) groups have violated their tax-exempt status by engaging primarily in political work, they could be liable for large tax bills for millions of dollars in prior contributions.
Entities like Republican operative Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS have provided major support for election advertising in recent years. Such groups, which largely tilt to the right, have been targeted by campaign-finance watchdogs and Democratic lawmakers because as nonprofits they are not required to disclose their donors. Republicans contend that closer federal scrutiny of the advocacy organizations is politically motivated.
I suspect you are right.
The AP phone record thing is the only reason this is still in the news. Once they get their feathers smoothed over, it will go away.
I hope I’m wrong, but I expect the story to go nowhere, or be spinned against the GOP.
Bingo. This is a big time culture war issue.
There are far too many Leftist ‘embeds’ within the halls of government agencies. They have absolutely no qualms about cheating or going after Republicans and those they deem threats, using every tool at their disposal. Election rigging, tax audits, bogus investigations from everything from the IRS to the FBI. This is a MUCH broader issue than just the IRS.
$2000 is a chunk of money, unless you’re earning a ton or have Kool Aid stains on your lips.
This is how those commies bore into the fabic of our government:
“Recruiting notable talent has also been a driving factor for Marlon and Holly Paz. And for this Washington, D.C.- based couple that has included identifying opportunities for the hardest-working attorneys they know—each other.
After meeting at University of Pennsylvania Law School, the couple married, started a family, and set out on what, at times, has seemed like parallel career paths. Marlon, who is originally from Honduras, and Holly, who grew up in Illinois and Pennsylvania, both landed positions as tax lawyers soon after graduating. Marlon got his start at a firm and then made the leap over to the corporation litigation world, but working at the Securities and Exchange Commission had always been his dream job. Holly eventually made her way to the IRS, where she now works as a managing attorney. With her government position, she often came across federal job postings, but one in particular, with the SEC, caught her eye.
It was an “obscure posting,” Marlon recalls, but Holly nevertheless encouraged him to apply. Marlon got the job and eventually rose through the ranks to become senior counsel to the director, where he worked for six years before becoming the principal integrity officer for the Inter-American Development Bank in July.
“All lawyers are naturally competitive people,” Holly notes. “But the one thing I appreciate about our marriage is that we’re not competitive with each other. We celebrate each other’s accomplishments.”
“And it’s usually Holly helping me,” Marlon interjects. “Law is a tough business, whether you’re in private practice or work for the government. It helps to have an ally and someone to share ideas with.”
The Pazes have since done a lot of recruiting for the federal agencies where they’ve been employed. With firsthand knowledge of the confusing and often difficult application processes, they’ve participated in discussions sponsored by the Hispanic bar associations, the African American counsels, and universities in D.C. to talk to young attorneys interested in tax law and government work about how to get their foot in the door.
“I sent in my materials at least 10 times to several agencies and never heard anything,” adds Marlon, the past president of the Hispanic Bar Association of D.C. and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. “I felt like it went into a black hole. But Holly kept the hope alive. She helped me get an interview, and that led to a job where I spent years doing something I loved. But there are a lot of people like me out there who are unaware of the steps you need to take. It’s not rocket science; there’s just no guidance. We’re trying to help explain the process.””
All things considered, wouldn't this be like Paulie Walnuts helping you "resolve" problems with Tony Soprano?
See ! See what happens when our fearless leader goes golfing and forgets his Blackberry ? Well now that he’s back on the job we won’t have to worry anymore. Shame on those nasty people who took advantage of his absence by crushing groups critical of our great and fearless one. We know if he was there he would have nothing to do with their nefarious and illegal activities. He said so and we believe everything he says and does.
Bohner should scrap his idea of using a dozen House committees on various aspects of IRS and Bengahzi and combine these into two Select House committees.
One for Bengahzi and the other for the IRS. And alternate the hearings dates so that each dominate the news for a given period.
The IRS hearings gives the House an excellent chance to expose media bias. If they subpeona not just the propaganda source which was fed by the IRS but the writers and their editors from the publications that source used to blackmail those applicants.
Any talk of impeachment without a solid case for it and above all a Senate victory can happen if Select Committees are set up. The best comparison of the Select Committee I can think of is it’s a 12 gauge shotgun not a couple of 410s.
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I’d love to slap the smurk off that little bitches face. She looks about 15.
Surely she has years of experience. You put children in these positions and this is what you get.
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