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Ron Paul group to defy IRS [IRS demands Ron Paul's list of donors]
Washington Examiner ^ | April 15, 2014 | BY JOEL GEHRKE

Posted on 04/15/2014 4:18:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

Ron Paul's nonprofit Campaign for Liberty will fight the Internal Revenue Service's demand that it reveal its donor list to the agency, despite having already been fined for refusing to do so.

"There is no legitimate reason for the IRS to know who donates to Campaign for Liberty," Megan Stiles, the communications director at Campaign for Liberty, told the Washington Examiner in an email on Tuesday. "We believe the First Amendment is on our side as evidenced by cases such as NAACP v. Alabama and International Union UAW v. National Right to Work. Many 501(c)(4) organizations protect the privacy of their donors in the very same way as Campaign for Liberty. For some reason the IRS has now chosen to single out Campaign for Liberty for special attention. We plan to fight this all the way."

Ron Paul suggested that the group will refuse to pay the IRS fine in an fundraising email to supporters about the agency's request for information.

"Paying this outrageous extortionist fine — just to exercise our rights as American citizens to petition our government — may even be cheaper in the short run," he wrote. "But it’ll just embolden an alphabet soup of other federal agencies to come after us." Paul's email said that the rule requiring that 501(c)(4)s list their donors is "rarely enforced."

Stiles accused the IRS of trying to silence her organization...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: abuseofpower; elections; govtabuse; irs; ronpaul
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1 posted on 04/15/2014 4:18:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Jim Robinson

Now find out who requested this and follow the trail up the chain

And sue the b*******


2 posted on 04/15/2014 4:19:56 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Hey 2008, we told you so)
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To: Jim Robinson

They want that list for one reason and one reason only: to stop Rand!

And both Ron and Rand will tell them to go F themselves!


3 posted on 04/15/2014 4:26:47 PM PDT by cotton1706 (ThisRepublic.net)
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To: Jim Robinson

Good for Ron Paul’s group.

Stand up to these leftist criminal bureaucrats.


4 posted on 04/15/2014 4:28:00 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Jim Robinson

But it’s Ron Paul though. This is where FReepers break out the champagne glasses, right?


5 posted on 04/15/2014 4:28:17 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GO WISCONSIN BADGERS GO!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

The IRS targets us, we target another state for RTW legislation.


6 posted on 04/15/2014 4:30:24 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Jim Robinson
I don't understand this - the IRS fined the group for not giving them their donor list? The IRS has become a brown shirt fine you, put you in prison, and likely kill you group.

It seems every federal agency has been taken over by Obama’s henchmen, and the list of Muslims/Islamists now in high levels of government is controlling the country. I see serious revolt of citizens coming in the near future.

7 posted on 04/15/2014 4:39:25 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: cripplecreek
But Paul's a kook! Who cares if his racist, white supremacist supporters are targeted, right?
8 posted on 04/15/2014 4:40:33 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (GO WISCONSIN BADGERS GO!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Equal protection.

Accept no substitute.


9 posted on 04/15/2014 4:49:27 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“But Paul’s a kook! Who cares if his racist, white supremacist supporters are targeted, right?”

American kooks still have constitutional rights.


10 posted on 04/15/2014 4:49:31 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Marcella

This was growing long before any of us ever heard of Obama. Obama just made it clear that they would get away with it and it spurred them on.

The rot goes all the way to the roots.


11 posted on 04/15/2014 4:51:08 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Jim Robinson
I know the mere mention of Ron Paul's name gets some up in arms, but the guy's got a serious pair of gonads for a crotchety old libertarian jew-hating thorazine patient.
12 posted on 04/15/2014 4:56:31 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
But Paul's a kook! Who cares if his racist, white supremacist supporters are targeted, right?

For some reason your post doesn't line up with your true views from other posts. Deep breath...

13 posted on 04/15/2014 5:09:53 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Jim Robinson

I would think that Paul has good standing to win this one.

The IRS was caught giving the National Organization for Marriage Donors List to the Democrats last election.


14 posted on 04/15/2014 5:26:19 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: Jim Robinson

I really don’t agree with Ron on many things, but when it comes to Constitutional issues, I do.

He was also right on on the Bundy ranch situation.


15 posted on 04/15/2014 5:30:30 PM PDT by dforest
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To: Jim Robinson

“You don’t understand. We don’t respond to discovery.
We serve discovery.
“We’re the IRS—the feds! Look upon us and despair.”
The Internal Revenue Service
(PS Cough it up, peasants.
You’ve got three hours)


16 posted on 04/15/2014 5:46:47 PM PDT by tumblindice (Are all Democrats inveterate, habitual liars?)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

They’re both nuts.


17 posted on 04/15/2014 5:49:45 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: ansel12; HiTech RedNeck

ping - Lol


18 posted on 04/15/2014 6:14:45 PM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

There are some things worse than Ron Paul; and that’s the IRS.


19 posted on 04/15/2014 6:19:28 PM PDT by celmak
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To: Jim Robinson
Ron Paul is not my favorite politician, but I'm with him 100% on this issue.

Stiles accused the IRS of trying to silence her organization...

That has been determined beyond the doubt of even the most uninformed and retarded citizen and "reality show" aficionado.
The only thing remaining is to identify all the criminals that have earned serious jail time for the multitude of anti-Constitutional crimes.

20 posted on 04/15/2014 7:04:11 PM PDT by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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