McClatchy: IRS targeting of conservatives may go beyond tax-exempt applications

Hotair ^ | 05/31/2013 | Ed Morrissey

[oblomov]

shocked...shocked!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I see Rahm Emmanuel’s fingerprints all over this.

[IbJensen]

Long past time to decimate the central socialist government. Eradicate all agencies that are utterly useless. This would encompass practically the entire evil DC apparatus.

The government needs to be shut down. The congressrats need to return to their state an use the interNUT to conduct only necessary activity. They live, swarm and multiply like flies in Washington and have made a disgrace out of government.

The president

[MrB]

Seriously, if a government agency is targeting groups based on ideology,
that goes against everything this country was founded on - checks against government power by the consent of the governed.

I see no remedy for this except a purge, from top to bottom, of all in the IRS,
or, better yet, an abolition of the IRS.

[Albion Wilde]

"It is imperative that congressional investigators get to the bottom of the issue. If the IRS can get away with leaking NOM’s confidential tax return to its chief political opponent, then no taxpayer is safe from political retribution by the federal government."

[Buckeye McFrog]

My refund got delayed for a long time. They kept coming up with nonsensical B.S. excuses.

[Still Thinking]

Wait....See BS is investigating wrongdoing by leftists??? I smell a rat.

[Buckeye McFrog]

then again Max Baucus told ‘em this was about to get a whole lot worse

[Donnafrflorida]

i am one of them. my 8 yr old uncollectible acct was suddenly reopened in 2010.

[Servant of the Cross]

McClatchy includes the case of Catherine Engelbrecht, which CBS News’ Sharyl Attkisson co-reported yesterday. That case, of course, goes far beyond the IRS; Engelbrecht’s business got harassed by the FBI, ATF, and OSHA as well, which would mean coordination far above the Treasury Department.

RICO! This entire Administration is a CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.

[Oldexpat]

The flip side of this scandal is the question of how many RAT cronies avoided audits due to political influence. Those weekly visits by the head of the IRS to the WH weren’t just to target conservatives..they also needed to know how to reward the friends.

[factoryrat]

It makes one wonder when the alphabet soup agencies are just going to drop all pretenses, and just go full-tilt fascist warlord on all of their percieved opposition. When we the people lose faith in the government’s ability to abide by the rule of law, all bets are off.

[ncfool]

Also Robert Bauer....

[Yo-Yo]

Didn’t Dingy Harry mention details about Romney’s tax returns that were never made public by Romney?

[Wings-n-Wind]

EVENTUALLY:

We're will uncover the facts and (intentional/unofficial) policy:

There aren't /weren't / and won't be any discussion of limits or boundaries...
....Regarding the deception, misuse and abuse of conservative individuals and groups under the color of law.

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Are you tired of the 44th thug-ocracy.... yet?

[Cyclone59]

And this was not the first time that taxes always have become an issue.

Look at Joe the Plumber - his taxes were brought up once he questioned the hope and change goober.

Any time that someone has something to say, the RATS use their influence and get tax information out there for everyone to see. Yet, no one ever asked them how did they get that information.

[lgjhn23]

My wife and I had several generous charitable contributions on our 2011 return. Some to Christian organizations and some were to secular ones. We were hit to produce receipts...but just for the Christian ones. They went so far as to call the organizations we gave to and made them also produce records to our giving. Harassment? Probably. But we had all the necessary receipts.
The IRS is supposed to be an independent, non-partisan agency. Odongo has made it into a demonic, politicized weapon to go after those that disagree with the communist ideology.
Both need to go.

[k4gypsyrose]

I have been studying WWII and the rise of Hitler. There is no difference between what the Nazi’s did to gain power in ‘33 and what these bus*turds are doing now. God help us.

[lonevoice]

That case, of course, goes far beyond the IRS; Engelbrecht’s business got harassed by the FBI, ATF, and OSHA as well, which would mean coordination far above the Treasury Department. They also include the case of an anti-abortion group that was told they couldn’t picket Planned Parenthood locations if they wanted to keep their exemption, and a Nebraska veteran who got hassled in an IRS audit over his donations to his church once he began donating to conservative causes.

It's conceivable that nothing much will come of these investigations and hearings. Reprehensible, but not inconceivable.