Wrong response. You should have said "I don't like it, and we will get you my pretty. You and your little dog, too."
Dear Mr. XXX,
Thank you for contacting me regarding your concerns with the recent admission by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it singled out conservative groups for additional scrutiny during the 2012 election cycle. Your sentiments are important to me, and I share them.
The Associated Press reported that Lois Lerner, the IRS head for tax-exempt groups, admitted the IRS treated these groups unfairly, including targeting the 501(c)(4) applications of organizations with "tea party" or "patriot" in their names and even asking for donor lists, which is a violation of IRS policy.
Ms. Lerner's revelations are very disturbing. In March 2012, then-IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testified before the House Ways and Means Committee that conservative political groups were not being targeted, testimony that is hard to reconcile with Ms. Lerner's subsequent admission of unfair and discriminatory action leveled against Tea Party groups. The IRS appears to be following the familiar script of blaming low-level officials for mistakes that may violate IRS policy at best and federal election law at worst. I find it difficult to believe higher-level IRS and Treasury officials were unaware of this activity. Instead of the truth, we were offered now-discredited assurances during the 2012 election cycle that no "flagging" of conservative groups was occurring.
The actions of the IRS are reprehensible. History proves that using Federal agencies to monitor political enemies has devastating consequences. As Congress continues to monitor the situation closely, know that I will work to ensure that no group – conservative or otherwise – is unduly or unlawfully targeted because of its members' beliefs.
Once again, thank you for contacting me. I appreciate your concerns and welcome your continued feedback. Please visit my website at perry.house.gov to submit further questions/comments or to sign up for my e-newsletter, Facebook page, and/or Twitter updates.
Back to my comments, I consider that completely political and an entirely unprincipled response. Why can't Republicans call a spade a spade?
Because these bottom feeders see the taxpayer as “fish in a barrel” and they could care less about their constituents. They all need to go, every freaking one of them!
Find some right thinking people, Trey Gowdy comes to mind, and support them!
Wrong response. You should have said "I don't like it, and we will get you my pretty. You and your little dog, too."
Do you really imagine a consumption tax will eliminate the need for professional tax collectors?