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IRS head Steven Miller: 'Mistakes were made'
Politico ^ | 14 May 2013 | LAUREN FRENCH

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.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: ap; benghazy; irs; irscommissioner; mistake; mistakemybutt; obamasfault; specialprosecutor; stevenmiller; tyranny
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To: mandaladon

Where is the special prosecutor? Laws have been broken!


81 posted on 05/14/2013 6:21:13 PM PDT by reader25
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

More like “Take the Money and Run”;)


82 posted on 05/14/2013 7:54:51 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: mandaladon

83 posted on 05/14/2013 8:34:21 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: mandaladon

Haha, so many people (Obama’s people) HAVE to be coming out right now. All these HUGE, serious cover-ups and scandals coming out at once? Coincidence? No way, people are fed up, expect more in the next few days and next week.

There is NO way out for Obama and co. They are going down. What’s really fascinating is to think of how many OTHER people are going to save their own skins and tell the truth about what really has been happening.


84 posted on 05/14/2013 11:11:41 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028
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To: mandaladon
EPA, too...what's the update on the EPA being used as 0bama’s sledgehammer to businesses?
Likely shouldn't break anything yet about that...too much info at one time. Remember, the average press corps “reporter” has an IQ of tops 75.
85 posted on 05/15/2013 6:04:17 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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To: mandaladon
I think that Mao Tse Tung,having just been reminded of the tens of millions of Chinese who died as the result of his policies,said something very similar on his deathbed.
86 posted on 05/15/2013 6:36:25 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
Millers head on a stick!

Sounds like Osama Obama's drawn the line at Miller.It won't be allowed to go any higher.

87 posted on 05/15/2013 6:37:50 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: mandaladon

Alright, mistakes were made. But one can hardly hold the current incarnation of Holy Mother Church responsible for oversights of old.

88 posted on 05/15/2013 6:42:21 AM PDT by Boogieman
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