Posted on 07/28/2015 10:22:49 AM PDT by John Semmens
In addition to harassing conservative activist groups it also was discovered that the IRS has been using these groups’ donor lists to select which taxpayers will be subjected to audits.
President Obama blamed the Republican Congress for this outcome, saying that “if they weren’t so stingy with the agency’s budget this might not have had to happen. Ideally, the IRS should audit everybody’s tax returns, but this would require more employees and a bigger budget. Faced with the necessity to limit the number of returns it audits, the IRS made a reasonable decision to narrow the scope of its efforts.”
“Instead of just randomly selecting from the total pool of returns, they made an executive decision to focus on donor lists of conservative leaning organizations,” Obama continued. “There are several sound reasons why that choice makes sense. First, conservatives are more likely to have money—they have good jobs, they own businesses, they have savings and investments. Second, if these individuals are put through the wringer they’ll have less time and energy to work against my agenda. Third, there could be some positive behavior modification changes leading to less opposition to progressive social policies in future election cycles.”
“If government isn’t adequately funded it seems fair to me that those most responsible for this shortfall ought to bear the brunt of the consequences,” the President argued. “So, on balance, I believe the IRS has done a commendable job under difficult circumstances.”
If you missed any of this weeks other Semi-News/Semi-Satire posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2015/07/28/administration-says-failure-to-accept-iran-deal-means-war/
Obama has to be one of those crack babies. That or he came out his mother’s wrong end.
May I suggest that you capitalize the "semi" in the Semi-Satire to emphasize that much of it is far, far too real?
Can we say that this sounds just like what we firmly believe that President thinks?
Nice one, John.
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