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Posted on 05/23/2013 9:55:52 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Coburn: Constituents link IRS audits to Mitt Romney donations By Daniel Strauss - 05/23/13 09:33 AM ET
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Thursday his constituents have suggested they were audited by the Internal Revenue Service because they donated to Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign.
Coburn made the charge during an interview on MSNBC. [Watch video]
"What I would tell you, is our whistleblower side is lit up," Coburn said Thursday on the news channel. "And I got a phone call yesterday and one of the things I want to know is, everybody that contributed to Romney, I want to know what their audit rate was because the indications out of Oklahoma are right now is if you happened to be a conservative and wealthy and gave to Romney, you had an audit where you'd never gotten an audit before.
"And so there are a lot of questions that still have to be answered," Coburn said. "Maybe that's untrue but that's certainly the implication from people that are calling me from Oklahoma."
Coburn's comments come as Congress is investigating the IRS's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status for additional scrutiny. The IRS has apologized for inappropriately flagging groups for additional scrutiny because they had certain words in their titles, such as Tea Party.
There's been no evidence the IRS targeted people for audits based on their political donations, though some donors to Romney have drawn a link.
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) in a floor speech last week also said that a number of his constituents spoke of being audited during the 2012 presidential campaign for the first time.
“These folks believe the audits were conducted for no other reason than the fact that their groups were conservative. And they believe the questions they’ve been asked have more to do with their political views than their business activities," McConnell said.
Without a proper investigation, McConnell argued the truth would never be known.
Earlier in the week, Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-Ohio) said that people have come to him saying the IRS targeted them for criticizing the Obama administration. Tiberi recounted how a former colleague told him about a radio host who received an audit from the IRS after he criticized the Obama administration.
"And this is not a national guy, this is a local talk show host in a city outside Ohio, and he's been very critical of the administration and as soon as he started being critical of the administration, coincidentally, he got audited and he got audited by the Cincinnati office,'" Tiberi said.
Darn, time go buy more popcorn.
Oh and if anybody is watching the Penny Pritzker Commerce Sec confirmation hearings - it is the funniest pile of manure I've seen since, well yesterday.
Did you know she's qualified because the bank her family owned went bankrupt due to bad mortgage loans in of all places Chicago?
Can't make it up........oh and her money is stashed in the Caymans.
I want to see LARGE NUMBERS of IRS employees and Obama Regime officials heading to jail. I strongly suspect that “Tax Agents” will be as popular in prison as child molesters are.
bttt
Are we reaching critical mass?
Audit rates for Romney donors will be higher than for the average tax payer because Romney donors tend to be wealthier than the average taxpayer.
Now, if you control for wealth, and see a spike of audtis for Romney donors, that would be something.
OK Sen. Coburn, the only way this gets solved is by disbanding the IRS. Can we count on you to lead the charge?
Freedom is at stake here people. If the IRS gets away with this it will never be held accountable again. They will be free to intimidate anyone at any time. Time to man up GOP.
People who are coming forward are reporting first-time audits after contributing to Romney, there’s your ‘control’.
BTTT
‘.... If those teabaggers bring a knife, we bring a gun. Get in their faces.’
Even if Congress disbanded the IRS, guess who gets to hire the replacements? Guess who educated them?
The more normal individuals that come forward and tell their stories the sooner he goes down
The IRS Ap and Fox targeting are his attempt to silence his opposition thru intimidation Tyranny !!!
bflr
bttt
Can’t make it up........oh and her money is stashed in the Caymans
I believe Varney from FBN said it was a mere 80 million dollars that her accountant forgot to disclose.
OOPS!
John Cornyn of Texas has set up a hotline for businesses to report if the IRS singled them out. I hope it turns up some irrefutable trends.
Audit rates for Romney donors will be higher than for the average tax payer because Romney donors tend to be wealthier than the average taxpayer.
Now, if you control for wealth, and see a spike of audtis for Romney donors, that would be something.
Is there a definitive link to that info?
I’m not one of those !link?! guys but you gotta link?
It’s about to all come crashing down for POSHITUS.
Thanks :)
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