10 crazy things the IRS asked Tea Party groups

Hot Air ^ | 5/13/13 | Mary Katharine Ham

[Nachum]

The Internal Revenue Service admitted Friday to improperly targeting conservative groups for aggressive applications processes for tax exempt status in 2012, using the terms “Tea Party” and “patriot” as flags. Here are some of the things they wanted to know about those groups.

1. We’re gonna need all your direct and indirect communication. “‘Direct and indirect communications’ is profoundly chilling of First Amendment rights, ” said David French, senior counsel for American Center for Law & Justice, which has been representing 27 conservative organizations met with IRS inquisitions. “It’s so vague as to be impossible to comply with.”

[Nachum]

I'd like to know who designed the form. Then I want to know who asked for it to be designed? How far does the rabbit hole go? The IRS is sorry? Not yet they are. Not even close.

[Nachum]

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[Democrat_media]

Government agencies are tyrannical and unaccountable, don't work as all socialism doesn't

government schools a total failure

ditto for government housing

abolish the IRS , EPA, FDA etc.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The apology is an admission of guilt.

The feral government NEVER does that.

They must be trying to distract people from the Benghazi story.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Barky’s fingerprints are all over this.

[henkster]

Being a fascist means never having to say you’re sorry.

[C210N]

Going to the link.. and then, in turn, to a copy of Issa’s request to the IRS is a must read! In fact, Issa’s request to the IRS looks like payback tenfold at the IRS... with a questionnaire to the IRS to collect all the details of their T-party investigations.

[4Liberty]

One more Alinsky rule: "It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission." "So sorry!!!!!!!!" [translation: We wonhahahahaha.]

[NoGrayZone]

Just did so, as per your recommendation. That Issa is such a bulldog!

Thanks!

[stormhill]

The IRS must be the first government entity whose normal operation is a de facto violation of the fifth amendment. Every tax return is an act of self-incrimination.

It’s no surprise they would ask those questions of the Tea Party as this is their MO. What we are witnessing is the gradual transition from soft to hard tyranny.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Question for Barry, where were you while Benghazi was burning and the Ambassador was being tortured?

[Traveler59]

OMG!! I read that list from the Oversight Committee to the IRS and realized the entire IRS staff is going to be doing a whole lot of overtime to get that mess together.

[GOPJ]

We’re talking here about abuse of power. You know that, right?

[SandRat]

With a big wide red magic marker, from one corner diagonally to the other corner, write BUGGER OFF!!!

[Eagles6]

Save

[Democrat_media]

We’re talking here about abuse of power. You know that, right?

Yes

[trebb]

Nothing to see here - just some “low level staffers” making some “small mistakes”.

[GOPJ]

Sorry - at first I thought you were making a ‘it's everything so it's nothing’ comment... a typical dem arguing point.

This dem move has nothing to do with socialism and everything to do with corruption of power and totalitarianism... that's why I asked. I see you get that... thanks.

[CodeToad]

There are laws against the IRS going on fishing expeditions. If they want to know something specific then they also have to specifically state what part of a tax form they are doubting.