The Real IRS Scandal That No One Is Talking About.

[islandman]

by Kurt Eichenwald, Vanity Fair

I’m not all that outraged that the I.R.S. held up applications by Tea Party groups for tax-exempt status. I’m outraged that any of them—or their liberal counterparts—qualify for that status at all.

Unfortunately, given the way this I.R.S. scandal slid so easily into ideological definitions, I fear that few non-politicos are recognizing the real disgrace here: that the federal government—Congress, the White House, the tax agency, and the Supreme Court—has created a situation where blatantly political organizations are able to legally break the law by pretending they’re something that they’re not.

 

[Bert Notorius]

by Kurt Eichenwald, Vanity Fair

I’m not all that outraged that the I.R.S. held up applications by Tea Party groups for tax-exempt status. I’m outraged that any of them—or their liberal counterparts—qualify for that status at all.

Unfortunately, given the way this I.R.S. scandal slid so easily into ideological definitions, I fear that few non-politicos are recognizing the real disgrace here: that the federal government—Congress, the White House, the tax agency, and the Supreme Court—has created a situation where blatantly political organizations are able to legally break the law by pretending they’re something that they’re not.

blame bush.

 

[RobDownSouth]

blame bush.

Blame the 5 Judicial Activists who voted in favor of Citizens United.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Blame the 5 Judicial Activists who voted in favor of Citizens United.

blame it on bureaucracy.

 

[phrodeau]

I think it's hilariously ironic that a Tea Party group would apply for "social welfare" status.

 

[Bert Notorius]

I think it's hilariously ironic that a Tea Party group would apply for "social welfare" status.

hilarious. a concentrated effort to stop cash flow to conservative candidates while progressives were expedited.

 

[phrodeau]

hilarious. a concentrated effort to stop cash flow to conservative candidates while progressives were expedited.

An effort to keep slowpoke idiots from the same benefits that on-the-ball folks get.

 

[Bert Notorius]

An effort to keep slowpoke idiots from the same benefits that on-the-ball folks get.

when did you become just another partisan hack? who cares if the ideologues are in charge as long as they're your ideologues?

 

[QueenLevitra]

when did you become just another partisan hack? who cares if the ideologues are in charge as long as they're your ideologues?

Furry Footed One lagged behind you on that one, fursur.

 

[richard_daily]

Blame the 5 Judicial Activists who voted in favor of Citizens United.

Yup...

 

[Bert Notorius]

Furry Footed One lagged behind you on that one, fursur.

anyone that thinks what's going on with the irs is funny, deserves the anal probing that is about to come.

 

[Wrong Element]

anyone that thinks what's going on with the irs is funny, deserves the anal probing that is about to come.

Why? I don't have a blanket tax exemption, nor do I expect one.

I'm not sure why the media seem to think that the average guy is going to have sympathy for fatcats who believe their political activism should be indirectly subsidized.

 

[Bert Notorius]

Why? I don't have a blanket tax exemption, nor do I expect one.

I'm not sure why the media seem to think that the average guy is going to have sympathy for fatcats who believe their political activism should be indirectly subsidized.

and this selective tax policy is regulated by whom?

 

[John Doe]

"...legally break the law..."? Really?

 

[RobDownSouth]

I see Billy Graham's cretinous son Franklin is now whining that he was denied taxpayer subsidies to demonize gays.

When will it end?

 

[Dazzle1]

by Kurt Eichenwald, Vanity Fair

I’m not all that outraged that the I.R.S. held up applications by Tea Party groups for tax-exempt status. I’m outraged that any of them—or their liberal counterparts—qualify for that status at all.

Unfortunately, given the way this I.R.S. scandal slid so easily into ideological definitions, I fear that few non-politicos are recognizing the real disgrace here: that the federal government—Congress, the White House, the tax agency, and the Supreme Court—has created a situation where blatantly political organizations are able to legally break the law by pretending they’re something that they’re not.

I think it leveled the playing field. Remember Unions provided free man power to Dems on election day and no one had a problem with that.

But at least be consistant if the Tea Party did not get tax exmpt neither should George Soros or the NAACP

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The real scandal is that the GOP knew about the IRS abuse, and had no problem with it so long as it affected the Tea Party.