"I'm shocked, shocked to
find abuse of government
power is going on here!"
Posted on 05/15/2013 5:12:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Letters from the IRS to tea party-related organizations in Oklahoma City and Albuquerque, New Mexico show that IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C., and two satellite offices in California, were directly involved with sending harassing letters to conservative organizations that sought tax-exempt status.
The IRS has acknowledged only the involvement of its Exempt Organizations office in Cincinnati, Ohio, which typically makes most decisions about granting or denying tax-exempt status to non-profit organizations.
And Wednesday afternoon, CNN cited a congressional source in reporting that the acting IRS Commissioner – whom President Obama fired later in the day – had identified two 'rogue' employees, both in Cincinnati, whom he thought were responsible for targeting right-wing organizations with tactics that were not applied to left-wing or non-political groups.
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Steven Miller then the acting IRS Commissioner, described the two employees as being 'off the reservation,' according to the CNN source.
Miller, added CNN, had emphasized that the problem was not confined to just two staffers.
Tuesday's report from the IRS Office of Inspector General, however, focused exclusively on the Cincinnati office.
This IG's review, according to the report 'was performed at the EO [Exempt Organizations] function Headquarters office in Washington, D.C., and the Determinations Unit in Cincinnati, Ohio.'
The Washington staffers involved, the IG report continues, were in charge of reviewing materials prepared in Cincinnati. 'As part of this effort, EO function Headquarters office employees reviewed the additional information request letters prepared by the team of [Cincinnati] specialists,' the report reads.
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Nothing in the report describes letters sent by IRS employees in California or the District of Columbia.
Yet an April 21, 2010 letter to the Albuquerque Tea Party organization, containing a preliminary list of 10 questions, came from the IRS's Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division in Washington....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
When the day comes they’ll wish all they got was bags of flaming feces.
"I'm shocked, shocked to
find abuse of government
power is going on here!"
We’re almost reaching the point saying what the IRS did since early 2009 had the full acquiescence of the White House. If that is the case, then the Obama Administration could not only be charged under laws protecting confidential tax information, but also racketeering charges under RICO statues.
I note that over at Yahoo News, there are, as I write this, over 12,300 comments (including replies) on their article about the IRS scandal. The comments are adding up fast, and most of them are not exactly supportive of the Administration. (That’s unusual for Yahoo!)
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/amid-scandals-obama-speak-6-p-m-irs-212951803.html
It’s pretty obvious why Obambi felt he needed to respond quickly to this one: People, even most moderates and libs, do fear the IRS. Plus there is the tie-in to Obamacare. However, if acting commissioner Miller’s term is over in a couple weeks anyway, Obama’s incompetence is being shoved right into those same supporter’s faces. Such a move (”firing” Miller) is so transparent, even some libs can see through it.
(Maybe this is actually what Obama unconsciously meant by talking about his administration’s “transparency”?)
Oh My!
Do you MEAN they are LYING to us???????
Heaven Forfend!
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