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IRS under fire: Vote for Obama stickers plaster offices [Dallas]
www.washingtontimes.com ^ | 04-09-2014 | By Stephen Dinan

Posted on 04/09/2014 6:58:43 AM PDT by Red Badger

Even as the IRS faces growing heat over Lois G. Lerner and the tea party targeting scandal, a government watchdog said Wednesday it’s pursuing cases against three other tax agency employees and offices suspected of illegal political activity in support of President Obama and fellow Democrats.

In one case the Office of Special Counsel, which investigates federal employees who conduct politics on government time, said it was “commonplace” in a Dallas IRS office for employees to have pro-Obama screensavers on their computers, and to have campaign-style buttons and stickers at their office.

In another case, a worker at the tax agency’s customer help line urged taxpayers “to re-elect President Obama in 2012 by repeatedly reciting a chant based on the spelling of his last name,” the Office of Special Counsel said in a statement.

OSC said it is seeking “significant disciplinary action” against that employee.

Another IRS employee in Kentucky has agreed to serve a 14-day suspension for blasting Republicans in a conversation with a taxpayer.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: irs; irsscandals; obalatry; obama
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1 posted on 04/09/2014 6:58:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Fire the commie minions!


2 posted on 04/09/2014 6:59:30 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Red Badger

I remember in ‘92, a Navy Base civil service person was fired here for supporting a short Texan billionaire on her own time..........................


3 posted on 04/09/2014 7:00:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: Red Badger
Another IRS employee in Kentucky has agreed to serve a 14-day suspension for blasting Republicans in a conversation with a taxpayer.

Oooooh, burn! That'll teach 'em. Here, take that out of my paid leave, if it's even an unpaid suspension in the first place.
4 posted on 04/09/2014 7:01:02 AM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: Red Badger

The entire federal government is now part of the Democrat campaign


5 posted on 04/09/2014 7:01:25 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: hal ogen

Fire the commie minions!

But they're sooooo cute!...................

6 posted on 04/09/2014 7:01:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: GeronL

Now?..............seems like since 1932......................


7 posted on 04/09/2014 7:02:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: andyk

A free 2 week vacay.................to support more democraps........................


8 posted on 04/09/2014 7:03:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: Red Badger

If the IRS thinks they’re only for one party then ALL their records need to be checked.

How many democrats are fined vs republicans?

How many audits of republicans vs democrats?

It might be time to sweep the biased filth out...


9 posted on 04/09/2014 7:03:38 AM PDT by GOPJ (.'Dog Shit' could be sold to 7 million citizens if the IRS fined those who refused to buy it...)
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To: GOPJ

Questions you ask, answers have none.................


10 posted on 04/09/2014 7:04:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: Red Badger

The IRS has a vested interest in bigger government and self-aggrandizement. We should have had checks in place a long time ago.


11 posted on 04/09/2014 7:04:54 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Red Badger

Vote for the king of tax and spend — he gives more and more and more power for us.


12 posted on 04/09/2014 7:08:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Red Badger

Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times could win a Pulitzer for this type of investigation - IF the Pulitzer committee wasn’t largely made up of biased liberals... But Pulitzer’s a private group and they have a legal right to their prejudices and biases... unlike the IRS...

Stephen Dinan - still - please check these out:

How many democrats are fined vs republicans by the IRS?

How many audits of republicans vs democrats?

If there’s bias and corruption on the taxpayer’s dime the public has a right to know. Please find out for us. Thanks


13 posted on 04/09/2014 7:10:04 AM PDT by GOPJ (.'Dog Shit' could be sold to 7 million citizens if the IRS fined those who refused to buy it...)
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Yep


14 posted on 04/09/2014 7:17:48 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Red Badger

Our public servants grow fat and sassy while gorging at the taxpayer trough!!


15 posted on 04/09/2014 7:18:51 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: GeronL
The entire federal government is now part of the Democrat campaign

We're not just battling an opposition party, the media, education and entertainment industries. We're battling the bureaucracy. This was going on during the Bush years, too, where entrenched bureaucrats constantly leaked info to damage the White House.

16 posted on 04/09/2014 7:21:44 AM PDT by ilgipper
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To: Fester Chugabrew
The IRS has a vested interest in bigger government and self-aggrandizement. We should have had checks in place a long time ago.

We should have been building gallows long ago. These filthy scumbags need to be tried and punished for treason. They have committed crimes against Americans.

17 posted on 04/09/2014 7:24:49 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Red Badger

Fire every one of these law-breakers. They are obviously too stupid to be trusted to do a decent job.


18 posted on 04/09/2014 7:38:10 AM PDT by txrefugee
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A friend took a low level job with the IRS in Dallas a couple of years ago.

The description of the job and the actual job were totally different - a bait and switch operation to fill positions for tax season.

He has been a tax professional for over a dozen years, and an accountant before that. He felt that he knew the rules better than his “trainers”. Job was completely depressing, and we quit within two weeks.

From our discussions, the IRS started down a path for EDI but then the upper echelon fired the folks who knew what they were doing in the 80’s and 90’s. Since then it has only gotten worse, and there is no political will to fire the jokers in charge and fix their systems.

He did not see any overt reverse racism but did see almost 100% incompetence in leadership at the local level.

19 posted on 04/09/2014 7:44:23 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: BenLurkin

TRUE-

I’m shocked that government employees would support a guy who favors radically increasing the size and scope of government!

Next thing you know, we’ll see Obama stickers on most cars in the public school staff parking lots.


20 posted on 04/09/2014 7:49:44 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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