from what i read of these groups that the IRS was already oppressing and from whom they obtained these member lists, their incomes should fall in that range. these people were not rich but middle class Americans wanting to be involved in the political process. the IRS denied them the right to be exempt from taxes and so they couldn't form. if they were so wealthy then they wouldn't need the tax exempt status .
the rate 10% is almost 20 times the regular rate. and coupled with the fact that the audited were on small lists the IRS was already oppressing then it is very likely the IRS audited them to intimidate them not randomly from the whole population .
the IRS denied them the right to have tax exempt status . then the IRS demanded and obtained those lists of tea party members. and from those lists audited them at a rate of close to 20 times that would occur if they had not been on those lists.why would they commit one crime harassment , rejection of status (unjustly) and the so unlikely to not commit another of auditing them?
Are you saying that all of the people who donated to these 3 tea party groups (the people who were audited at 10%) had incomes in the $50-$100 range, were not business owners, didn't claim a large number of exemptions, etc...? Where did you read this? We don't even know how many people were on the lists. For all we know, it could be 10 people and only one of them was audited. It could be 9 people who earned in the $50-$100K range that you mention and none of them were audited and one who was a business owner with $1,000,000 dollars in write offs who was audited. The point is that we don't know. If we investigate further we should find out.
...ts.why would they commit one crime harassment , rejection of status (unjustly) and the so unlikely to not commit another of auditing them?
I have said twice that there is a good chance they did. It is simply ignorant to state something as fact before seeing all of the data when there is data available to determine the ultimate truth.