American really doesn’t have much if any meaning or importance any more, so whutever.
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Funny, I would think that using the IRS to attack Americans who oppose the government would be “unAmerican”.
Dems (Lerner) still playing the 5th Amendment game. They will not cooperate so Issa adjourned. Good for Issa. Bad for Lerner who probably now faces charges of Contempt of Congress.
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WHO KNEW? The IRS (a tax-funded L/E agency) takes its marching orders from Democrats. Other govt agencies were sicced on conservatives---the FBI, ATF, the IRS, and OSHA were sicced on Catherine Englebrecht, who was harassed on numerous occasions, as she valiantly tried to improve the US voting system.
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DEMS STOOP TO CONQUEUR--order IRS to act (to save their seats)
by Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 2/13/14
Senate Democrats facing tough elections this year want the IRS to play a more aggressive role in regulating outside groups expected to spend millions of dollars on their races. In the wake of the IRS targeting scandal, the Democrats are publicly prodding the agency instead of lobbying them directly.
Dems are also careful to say the IRS should treat conservative and liberal groups equally, but they’re concerned about an impending tidal wave of attack ads funded by GOP-allied organizations. Much of the funding for those groups is secret, in contrast to the donations lawmakers collect, which must be reported publicly.
One of the most powerful groups is Americans for Prosperity, funded by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch. It has already spent close to $30 million on ads attacking Democrats this election cycle.
“If they’re claiming the tax relief, the tax benefit to be a nonprofit for social relief or social justice, then that’s what they should be doing,” said Sen. Mark Begich (D), who faces a competitive race in Alaska. “If it’s to give them cover so they can do political activity, that’s abusing the tax code. And either side."
Asked if the IRS should play a more active role policing political advocacy by groups that claim to be focused on social welfare, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) responded, “Absolutely. Both on the left and the right,” she said. “As taxpayers, we should not be providing a write-off to groups to do political activity, and that’s exactly what we’re doing.”
Shaheen called the glut of political spending by self-described social welfare groups that qualify under section 501(c) (4) of the tax code “outrageous.” Shaheen is in a good position now but could find herself embroiled in a tight campaign if former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass) challenges her.
Sen. Mark Pryor (Ark.), the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent, said the IRS has jurisdiction over 501(c)(4) groups, as well as charities, which fall under section 5/01(c)(3) of the tax code and sometimes engage in quasi-political activity.
“That whole 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) [issue], those are IRS numbers. It is inherently an internal revenue matter,” he said. “There are two things you don’t want in political money, in the fundraising world and expenditure world. You don’t want secret money, and you don’t want unlimited money, and that’s what we have now.” --SNIP--
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MOMENTS TO REMEMBER AT THE VOTING BOOTH
<><> Seven US Senators ask the IRS to “Investigate” political opponents....
<><> Elijah Cummings led the Democrat pack in smearing patriot Englebrecht....
<><> Obama said Tea Parties were a "threat to democracy."
What Cummings was trying to do was trying to void the thing again. Slowest Lerner pleads the 5th to Issa’s questions and Cummings wants to ask her friendly questions for her to editorialize on.
False reporting.
Cummings decided to hijack the “seat” after the
Committee adjourned because the witness,
the corrupt Lerner (who is connected to Cummings),
refused to answer.
Kabuki.
Maybe Cummings will get so hot and his blood pressure go up so high, the world will be relieved of his loathsome presence!
He should have been removed from room by the Sargent at Arms staff.
What is “un-American” is the double standard whereby a powerful government official gives sworn testimony as to her innocence, etc. and then when time comes for cross-examination, she gives them the middle finger.
If an ordinary American in a courtroom tried that, he would find his butt sitting in jail pretty quick.
1.) What did the next Speaker of the House, Trey Gowdy, say at the hearing or to reporters?
2.) Why are we surprised that RINO Obamacrat Issa was surprised? DUH!
That is not an investigation, it's a cover-up! And it's not the first from this bunch of arrogant thugs!
Cummings making a spectacle to take the spotlight off the real issue. Dems up to old tricks again, nothing more to it.
Oh, and NOT ONE ‘reporter’ asked about Lerner taking the 5th. AGAIN. They all asked about why Issa didn’t allow Cummings to speak (lecture Issa) instead.
If I didn’t know better I would think the ‘reporters’ were ignorant, lazy and partisan. /s
A subsequent comment amplified the fact that her salary is paid by the people she is refusing to answer to. Although it is to the point, the democrat machine's ability to smirk at the law as they skip past the bench seems to be growing.
Behind the scene my be is that through various liberal money machines Obama has promised her a big pile of cash to be followed by a presidential pardon as he exits the White House if she'll play this out and take the hit. While it seemed that she was uncomfortable for a bit, her arrogant sneer today made me believe that she is confident in her future.
Just FYI
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA). He’s a Republican.
It is all show. So far, no actions on the part of Issa, just more meetings after meetings. No prosecutions, no impeachments, nothing.