IRS head Steven Miller: 'Mistakes were made'

Politico ^ | 14 May 2013 | LAUREN FRENCH

[mandaladon]

Steven Miller is breaking his silence about the scandal that’s engulfing the Internal Revenue Service. Miller, the acting IRS commissioner, is quickly emerging as the focus of fury in Washington after an agency official acknowledged last week that conservative groups seeking nonprofit status were targeted for extra screening if their applications included words such as “tea party” or “patriot.”

In an op-ed published Tuesday in USA Today, he said the agency was simply trying to manage the explosive growth in applications for 501(c)(4) status that started pouring in to the IRS in 2010. "The Internal Revenue Service recognizes that we should have done a better job of handling the influx of applications by advocacy groups," Miller wrote. He denied that politics played a role in the targeting practice. “Mistakes were made, but they were in no way due to any political or partisan motivation,” he wrote. “We are — and will continue to be — dedicated to reviewing all applications for tax-exempt status in an impartial manner.” Miller blamed the mistakes on a "shortcut" the agency used to centralize the thousands of applications for tax-exempt status the agency received in the run-up to the 2012 election.

[reader25]

Where is the special prosecutor? Laws have been broken!

[Frank_2001]

More like “Take the Money and Run”;)

[Impala64ssa]

[FreedomStar3028]

Haha, so many people (Obama’s people) HAVE to be coming out right now. All these HUGE, serious cover-ups and scandals coming out at once? Coincidence? No way, people are fed up, expect more in the next few days and next week.

There is NO way out for Obama and co. They are going down. What’s really fascinating is to think of how many OTHER people are going to save their own skins and tell the truth about what really has been happening.

[CincyRichieRich]

EPA, too...what's the update on the EPA being used as 0bama’s sledgehammer to businesses?
Likely shouldn't break anything yet about that...too much info at one time. Remember, the average press corps “reporter” has an IQ of tops 75.

[Gay State Conservative]

I think that Mao Tse Tung,having just been reminded of the tens of millions of Chinese who died as the result of his policies,said something very similar on his deathbed.

[Gay State Conservative]

Millers head on a stick!

Sounds like Osama Obama's drawn the line at Miller.It won't be allowed to go any higher.

[Boogieman]

Alright, mistakes were made. But one can hardly hold the current incarnation of Holy Mother Church responsible for oversights of old.