Posted on 05/17/2013 11:34:07 AM PDT by Lakeshark
GOP Rep. Mike Kelly was a huge hit at Fridays House hearing on IRS harassment of conservative groups as he skewered acting IRS commissioner Steven Miller.
Some tasty highlights from his fiery rant:
Rep Kelly to Miller: You think this is uncomfortable? Try being a citizen being targeted by the IRS.
Kelly: "This confirms that the #IRS can do anything they want, anytime they want, to anyone they want. "
"Where you're sitting, you should be outraged, but you're not." Rep, Kelly to Miller #IRS #Waysandmeanscommittee
"Is there any limit to the scope as to where you folks can go?
It's sure as hell intimidating." - Rep Kelly #IRS
(Excerpt) Read more at twitchy.com ...
Lake, you really need to stop freepmailing me just to swear at me. If you find fault with my comments, post them here. Because I am not interested in a private discussion.
Yes, I watched this video earlier. Thank you to Rep. Kelly for having the courage to say it like it is.
“”Given the response to Kelly, there might be an opportunity to use this scandal to achieve real tax reform. Real tax reform = repeal 16a, abolish the IRS and establish a flat sales tax paid only by individuals and collected only by states. Yeah, I know ... Keep dreaming.
It’s an excellent opportunity. Never let a scandal go to waste. But we’re led by... Boehnor.
We have to get rid of him. And it’s imperative that we replace the GOPe crowd with solid Tea Partiers. “”
THE FAIR TAX WOULD BE THE BIGGEST TRANSFER OF POWER FROM DC BACK TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY’S HISTORY
A flat tax is still an income tax, and would leave the IRS in place.
It punishes productivity, and fails to capture any revenue from the illegal aliens and illegal activities like drugs and prostitution because most of them don’t report their income, but they buy stuff, so with the Fair Tax, they would start paying their share.
The IRS tried to take out the Tea Party, it would be sweet vengeance for the Tea Party to take out the IRS.
Mike Kelly does a good job of explaining how the IRS terrorizes Americans with the threat and expense of an audit.
Say no to terrorism - abolish the IRS.
Every discussion should point out that now is the time for the Fair Tax!!
Thanks for sharing this. About time someone nailed their hides to the barn door!
Would that be an inappropriate question to a 501(c)3 applicant? Schock asked. The content of ones prayers?
It pains me to say I cant speak to that one either, Miller said. He had said earlier that he would not be able to discuss individual cases during the hearing.
"You don't know whether or not that would be an appropriate question to ask?" Schock replied.
"Speaking outside of this case, which I don't know anything about, it would surprise me that that question was asked," Miller said.
Nail the GOP to hold these lying slugs accountable!
BUMP.
A couple hundred more with that level of pissed off and we might still have a chance !
Yeah!
Kelly endorses Romney, found via google:
Kelly, Meehan & Thompson Also Back Romney | PoliticsPA
http://www.politicspa.com/kelly-meehan-thompson-also-back-romney/34680/
I would add this, that I can see how individuals can come to opposite conclusions on what to do in 2012. What I don’t see is attacking any of our own, whichever choice was made.
I know Texans overwhelmingly, desperately wanted Obama gone. They were willing to vote in a way unlike themselves - for a Massachusetts Mormon RINO - if that’s what it took.
Far too many on our side don’t realize - haven’t thought it through - that without such people willing to do that, Barack Obama would have won the state of Texas. And all of the other states. They forget that Obama’s people vote for him no matter what, and would take down even Texas if Texans didn’t bite that bullet and do what they felt they had to.
Rep. Kelly’s Romney support in 2012 and his great rant on the IRS scandal today aren’t that hard to reconcile.
Texas voted for Mitt Romney AND, they sent Ted Cruz to Washington at the same time.
I think this is one of the worst scandals I have ever seen. The implications are huge yet NOBODY is stepping forward to take responsibility.........if they get away with pinning this on a few low level paper pushers, it will be a travesty.
Excellent.
Thanks for the post.
Like the sheriff said in Cool Hand Luke, "Luke, Ya got to git yor mind rite."
These are Democrats, they get away with everything.
They're out on a Friday evening, right now, drinking and laughing about what's happening.
“What I dont see is attacking any of our own, whichever choice was made.”
What I don’t see is any sense in people trying to rewrite history and make Romney into some kind of better option. His record mirrors Obamas. What he ‘promised’ on the campaign trail is irrelevant. What he did in office...the gun grabbing, abortion/gay laws et all, showed he had no business doing anything but continuing to deny Reagan. Which as you know, he did very publicly.
If that is the leader people want, they have no right to complain about the current crop in power. Because they are one and the same.
Hindsight should be 20 20 so that a Romney is never again allowed to be a supposed right wing candidate. And if people refuse to accept the truth of the guy, you can bet we will see more like him.
Very good. A Republican with backbone!
Let us see if the IRS starts an investigation on this Congressman now?
Equitable? It starts out not being equitable. Already the Muslims are exempt. Not the Christians though.
Just think about that. An elected official tells the truth and is punished.
I grew up being told we lived in the best country in the world. We were great but Russians were bad because their government was corrupt and their media supported that government. How much worse can it get here?
Norm, you sound angry. You should be thrilled.
Romney lost and the guy you wanted to win is in the White House.
Amazing how kids get their parents accounts open and try to reason like adults.
Kinda sad. But When Mom sees what you did she’s gonna be mad...
Nixon tried that too, but it was proved that he was in on the Watergate coverup, and he fell. Bozo's facing not one, but three even BIGGER scandals, any one of which could be tracked back to his desk.
Brian Sussman (filling in for Mark Levin) is now saying that there's a similar outrage that's happened at the EPA. Conservative groups were illegally discriminated against, while the vast majority of liberal groups were not.
The mortar is coming loose from the bricks. More and more is going to come out, and threads will tie together, one after another, ever leading up the chain to the West Wing. The genie is out of the bottle, and isn't going away.
It is voluntary to comply with the IRS the way every paper law is voluntary. You always have the option of non-compliance as long as you’re willing to pay the fine / do the jail time. Compulsory volunteers, we all are.
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