Well... yes, actually, for 27 months they didn't give a single conservative group its tax exempt status.
But even for those who cleverly changed their names to something boring and eventually got their tax exempt status, this abuse of power did incalculable damage to our grassroots from coast to coast.
I explore what this means in my Illinois Review column this week, by first thinking about how important business licenses are to the startup of any new commercial activity in Modern America... here, if you're interested...
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2013/06/cuisine-and-contributions-and-a-license-to-kill.html
Honestly, in a sense I don’t see what the kerfuffle is about. We all knew they were doing it. It isn’t news to us. So they are admitting it now. Sort of. Like the schoolyard bully, having blackened our eye and stolen our lunch money, they want to brag about it and spit in our face. The REAL question is, “What are we going to DO about it?”. They are betting we do nothing but whine. Looks like a good bet, actually.