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IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups
Yahoo News ^ | 10 May 2013 | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

Posted on 05/10/2013 8:05:33 AM PDT by mandaladon

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status. Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional reviews. Lerner said the practice, initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati, was wrong and she apologized while speaking at a conference in Washington. Many conservative groups complained during the election that they were being harassed by the IRS. They said the agency asked them an inordinate number of questions to justify their tax-exempt status. Certain tax-exempt charitable groups can conduct political activities but it cannot be their primary activity.

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Lerner said the practice, initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati, was wrong and she apologized while speaking at a conference in Washington.................Pass the buck.
1 posted on 05/10/2013 8:05:33 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

An apology is not sufficient for criminal action.


2 posted on 05/10/2013 8:06:34 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mandaladon

“Gosh, we’re sorry”

Somehow that doesn’t seem to help.


3 posted on 05/10/2013 8:07:00 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: mandaladon

The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.


4 posted on 05/10/2013 8:07:31 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: mandaladon

What’s wrong with these people? Don’t they know that being a fascist means never having to say you’re sorry?


5 posted on 05/10/2013 8:08:04 AM PDT by henkster (I have one more cow than my neighbor. I am a kulak.)
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To: Mr. K

These “low level” workers were probably promoted for carrying out “higher level” workers bidding.


6 posted on 05/10/2013 8:08:30 AM PDT by mandaladon (The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
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To: mandaladon

But the IRS does not hesitate to give tax exemptions to organizations that drown babies in toilets or throw them in the trash.


7 posted on 05/10/2013 8:09:00 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Well the election is over now,,they can come clean. Rats!


8 posted on 05/10/2013 8:10:10 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: mandaladon

How do you think “low level” IRS workers get to be high-level IRS workers? By falling on the sword and taking the heat for their bosses.


9 posted on 05/10/2013 8:10:11 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mandaladon

Will they apologize for all the politically-motivated audits initiated by ‘Rat-minded politicians and bureaucrats every election since Woodrow Wilson? Will they apologize for all these audits and harassments that they WILL still perform in all the elections for the next 100 years? It would be nice, especially the latter, because I don’t expect them to stop.


10 posted on 05/10/2013 8:10:16 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: mountainlion

The IRS is just an arm of the Democratic Party ,it needs to be severed


11 posted on 05/10/2013 8:11:33 AM PDT by molson209
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To: C210N

IRS = 120,000 employees. A flat tax would eliminate at least 100k of them. Any others?


12 posted on 05/10/2013 8:11:56 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: mountainlion

They should by trying these buggers in court and convicting them and sentencing them to a$$-banging jail. Further, the IRS as an agency should be held liable for treble monetary damages and punitive liability 100 times that.


13 posted on 05/10/2013 8:12:09 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: mandaladon
This is The Onion, right?
14 posted on 05/10/2013 8:12:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Moslems reserve the right to detonate anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: mandaladon

No surprise. 10-15 years ago, I founded a property rights organization to educate homeowners about some local environmental proposals that would take away property rights. The IRS fought our 501c3 status application, and we ended up folding (after raising tens of thousands of dollars, and winning the battle).


15 posted on 05/10/2013 8:13:52 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Universal Background Check -> Registration -> Confiscation -> Oppression -> Extermination)
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To: Mr. K

I’m pretty certain it was heart felt and they really, really mean it. Don’t worry about those crossed fingers behind their backs. While your at it, don’t listen to those folks who talk about tyranny and big government. They’re here to help you.


16 posted on 05/10/2013 8:15:01 AM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST mr. president(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: mandaladon

Surprised?.............do you really think the Chicago thugs running the White House had nothing to do with it?


17 posted on 05/10/2013 8:15:58 AM PDT by mandaladon (The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
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To: mandaladon

We intentionally tagged you for review before the election, but hey, the election is over, so we apologize.

But shape up, because next year, when we are policing for Obamacare, we may tag you again.


18 posted on 05/10/2013 8:16:33 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: molson209

The IRS is just an arm of the Democratic Party ,it needs to be severed

Served papers that is .


19 posted on 05/10/2013 8:18:24 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mandaladon

So, where are the firings and resignations?


20 posted on 05/10/2013 8:20:09 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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