Posted on 05/14/2013 7:26:18 AM PDT by mandaladon
Steven Miller is breaking his silence about the scandal that’s engulfing the Internal Revenue Service. Miller, the acting IRS commissioner, is quickly emerging as the focus of fury in Washington after an agency official acknowledged last week that conservative groups seeking nonprofit status were targeted for extra screening if their applications included words such as “tea party” or “patriot.”
In an op-ed published Tuesday in USA Today, he said the agency was simply trying to manage the explosive growth in applications for 501(c)(4) status that started pouring in to the IRS in 2010. "The Internal Revenue Service recognizes that we should have done a better job of handling the influx of applications by advocacy groups," Miller wrote. He denied that politics played a role in the targeting practice. “Mistakes were made, but they were in no way due to any political or partisan motivation,” he wrote. “We are — and will continue to be — dedicated to reviewing all applications for tax-exempt status in an impartial manner.” Miller blamed the mistakes on a "shortcut" the agency used to centralize the thousands of applications for tax-exempt status the agency received in the run-up to the 2012 election.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Ah, the old third-person “acknowledgement of wrongdoing” - must get tiring stiff-arming that much...
Indeed. Doing something on purpose can’t by any stretch of the imagination be called a “mistake”!
That trivializes the criminal activity that they need to be prosecuted for. Someone needs to find the courage to start making heads roll in all these illegal activities that the Keystone Kops have been perpetrating since they got into office!
NOW!
Just following orders from the big mistake in the White House.
Woah, not so quick there Steven! The facts are not all in just yet. Talking points need to be drafted up. Agency reviews need to be done. Equitable interdepartmental agency exposure needs to be considered. Phones need to be tapped. Some video producers who make TEA party videos need to be rounded up and incarcerated. Talk shows need to be booked.
Governing is not as simple as telling something to the public which is based on one man's truth.
“Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it”. Pope John Paul II.
It was a mistake to get caught.
Mr. Miller is about to take a bullet for the Don.
Is it a mistake to use a short rope on a tall tree?
Nope, the IRS has burned itself with this one, and I won’t be happy until they are completely emasculated.
In the immortal words of Vice-President Biden, this is a “big f*cking deal”. Everyone has negative feelings about the IRS and the fact that they were abusing their authority for political purposes is not something people are going to forget anytime soon. Plus, unlike the Benghazi hearings, this has got the Democrats in Congress forced to act just as outraged as the Republicans are. This is something that will get hung around Obama’s neck for months to come and may well last into the 2014 elections.
"He makes his living off the peoples' taxes."
Translation: OK, so what, I've got immunity, now leave me alone and go away.
It is time for a tax where there is no IRS.
I live in the South. It is a well known fact that most of the black churches are openly political. I have a 2008 cell phone photo I took of a church sign instructing passers by to vote for Obama.
Now, had a white church tried that........
Someone screwed up but I don’t know who excuse...Just another Obama “teachable moment”.
Reuters is reporting that senior officials knew of the targeting as early as August 2011. This was denied by Shulman to Congress in March 2012. The IRS claims in a statement the Acting Commissioner Shulman wasn’t informed until May 2012.
(Bet there is a lot of “acting” going on.)
http://news.yahoo.com/senior-u-tax-officials-knew-extra-tea-party-011241858.html
A white church with a sign saying to vote for Obama would have gotten a pass as well.
RICO! Haul Big Sis before the Congressional Committee too.
The irs is a big welfare program. Most of its employees are affirmative action hires. It collects and distributes money from those who earn it honestly to those who vote democrat. And now it is breathes terror in the hearts of people who the administration wants to target.
Jail for them.
Mistakes were not made, crimes were committed. Its called abuse of power.
3 yr old to Mom:
“The lamp broke”
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