IRS APOLOGIZES FOR TARGETING TEA PARTY GROUPS

aerial
aerial Posts: 2,319
edited May 2013 in A Moving Train
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups

Wow! and the way they try to cover this one is more lies....
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Ya, this was PC gone bad.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    aerial wrote:
    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups

    Wow! and the way they try to cover this one is more lies....

    More lies? I'm not sure what you mean. Reading this article, it seems like the IRS is being rather forthcoming in seeking to correct any wrong doing.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • aerial
    aerial Posts: 2,319
    brianlux wrote:
    aerial wrote:
    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups

    Wow! and the way they try to cover this one is more lies....

    More lies? I'm not sure what you mean. Reading this article, it seems like the IRS is being rather forthcoming in seeking to correct any wrong doing.


    Lerner said the practice was initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati and was not motivated by political bias.

    LIE



    There is so much corruption surrounding this Administration it's hard to get up with it all.
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
  • unsung
    unsung I stopped by on March 7 2024. First time in many years, had to update payment info. Hope all is well. Politicians suck. Bye. Posts: 9,487
    Time to eliminate the strong arm of the Federal Reserve.
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,527
    A brilliant succinct take on this:

    http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/ ... um=twitter
  • aerial
    aerial Posts: 2,319
    pjl44 wrote:
    A brilliant succinct take on this:

    http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/ ... um=twitter


    The guy is so right!
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,411
    aerial wrote:
    brianlux wrote:
    aerial wrote:
    http://bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups

    Wow! and the way they try to cover this one is more lies....

    More lies? I'm not sure what you mean. Reading this article, it seems like the IRS is being rather forthcoming in seeking to correct any wrong doing.


    Lerner said the practice was initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati and was not motivated by political bias.

    LIE



    There is so much corruption surrounding this Administration it's hard to get up with it all.

    Proove this please
    :corn:
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    who is and who controls the IRS ? I believe the irs is a group of banks (3) but contracted by the government right ? so blamming the irs for targeting a political group is just a little off base in my opinion, the irs can't rais taxes or "target" anybody with a go-a-head from yours truely OUR GOVERNMENT....my opinion is that the irs will take the hit for whom ever gave the order to target the tea party (obama maybe ?)

    I couldn't open the link from pj144 but did it touch down on what I just stated ?
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    This shouldn't have happened in the first place, to any group.

    Makes me wonder how many others this has happened to, that weren't noticed and addressed.

    And I don't care if it was a low-level thing (really doubt that); things like this require review, sign-offs, approvals - and if they don't, they should.

    Really shameful.

    Fucking politics.
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,961
    Maybe someone can explain how or why a Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Douglas Shulman) who was appointed by George Bush might allow or suggest (not sure what word to use there) the targeting of Tea Party Groups? That is who was in charge during the time this happened. Would it have benefited the GOP to disallow Tea Party tax exemptions in 2010? I know this has to be pretty complicated. The Commissioner reports to the Sec of Treasury who reports to the President.

    Added: And the people who did this need to be fired. If the IRS is crooked, I don't need to pay taxes, right?
    Falling down,...not staying down
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    this a e-mail I just recieved.


    Where is the accountability?

    The Internal Revenue Service, the federal government’s major revenue collection agency, used its power to target and harass conservative organizations. As our nation’s Chief Executive and Administrator, the President and his administration owe the American people answers.

    It is an absolutely indefensible abuse of power for our federal government to target groups of citizens based on their political beliefs. Yet, that is exactly what the IRS did to about 75 conservative groups.

    On Friday, I sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner calling on Congress to investigate this flagrant breach of the public trust. Congress has a constitutional responsibility to get to the bottom of this matter and ensure the transparency this President promised us on the campaign trail.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    another reason why I feel comfortable with my call on obama as worst president.. :D


    Godfather.
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    fuck the tea party and the irs
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,411
    Godfather. wrote:
    another reason why I feel comfortable with my call on obama as worst president.. :D


    Godfather.

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Kat wrote:
    Maybe someone can explain how or why a Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Douglas Shulman) who was appointed by George Bush might allow or suggest (not sure what word to use there) the targeting of Tea Party Groups? That is who was in charge during the time this happened. Would it have benefited the GOP to disallow Tea Party tax exemptions in 2010? I know this has to be pretty complicated. The Commissioner reports to the Sec of Treasury who reports to the President.

    Added: And the people who did this need to be fired. If the IRS is crooked, I don't need to pay taxes, right?
    Maybe Doug's strings were pulled? Integrity and accountability are just that (should be unwavering, but I tend to get a bit idealistic on that front), whether the person supposedly possessing those qualities was appointed by Bush, Clinton, Obama, etc.

    Whole lotta crookedness goin' on.
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    Bentleyspop wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    another reason why I feel comfortable with my call on obama as worst president.. :D


    Godfather.

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    ah yes, the whiny mcwhinewhine mcenroe
    does remind me of today's republicans
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    What about those of us who are neither republican nor democrat but are still sick of the whining from BOTH sides? From seemingly every side?

    So sick of this polarizing stuff; no wonder the great divide grows.

    "Come together" my ass :evil:
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    hedonist wrote:
    What about those of us who are neither republican nor democrat but are still sick of the whining from BOTH sides? From seemingly every side?

    So sick of this polarizing stuff; no wonder the great divide grows.

    "Come together" my ass :evil:

    oh love i agree
    i vote democrat because to vote outside the parties as, in nader, will only fuck us worse, as in bush
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • aerial
    aerial Posts: 2,319
    Kat wrote:
    Maybe someone can explain how or why a Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Douglas Shulman) who was appointed by George Bush might allow or suggest (not sure what word to use there) the targeting of Tea Party Groups? That is who was in charge during the time this happened. Would it have benefited the GOP to disallow Tea Party tax exemptions in 2010? I know this has to be pretty complicated. The Commissioner reports to the Sec of Treasury who reports to the President.

    Added: And the people who did this need to be fired. If the IRS is crooked, I don't need to pay taxes, right?


    Seems he has the same connections Obama has...What!...not surprised...

    He's a progressive and donates to the democratic party.....

    Shulman served as a board member of the Israel Securities Authority

    Through his board membership with the Israel Securities Authority, Shulman is intimately involved with the Bank of Israel Governor, Stanley Fischer, who recently hosted the International Council Of Jewish Bankers and Financiers ....these guys come to mind...Jacob Rothschild, George Soros

    His wife is Susan L. Anderson
    Senior Program Advisor at Public Campaign
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,411
    aerial wrote:
    Kat wrote:
    Maybe someone can explain how or why a Commissioner of Internal Revenue (Douglas Shulman) who was appointed by George Bush might allow or suggest (not sure what word to use there) the targeting of Tea Party Groups? That is who was in charge during the time this happened. Would it have benefited the GOP to disallow Tea Party tax exemptions in 2010? I know this has to be pretty complicated. The Commissioner reports to the Sec of Treasury who reports to the President.

    Added: And the people who did this need to be fired. If the IRS is crooked, I don't need to pay taxes, right?


    Seems he has the same connections Obama has...What!...not surprised...

    He's a progressive and donates to the democratic party.....

    Shulman served as a board member of the Israel Securities Authority

    Through his board membership with the Israel Securities Authority, Shulman is intimately involved with the Bank of Israel Governor, Stanley Fischer, who recently hosted the International Council Of Jewish Bankers and Financiers ....these guys come to mind...Jacob Rothschild, George Soros
    His wife is Susan L. Anderson
    Senior Program Advisor at Public Campaign

    SERIOUSLY???!!! You are going to try and blame this on the JEWS now??? :fp:

    You really are the gift that keeps on giving!! :D

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