Thread: IRS Targets Conservatives

can anyone name a single tea party or conservative group that lost its tax exempt status in this 'scandal'?

name just one conservative group.

name just one tea party group.


800 posts on this thread, shouldn't be hard to come up with one, right?


but you can't, can you?


because there isn't a single tea party or conservative group that lost its tax exempt status.


this is just the latest example of gop/tea party/conservative/independents being pussies and sniveling about how they're mistreated and singled out.

"oh the liberal media"
"oh the IRS"

it's little more than perpetual victim-hood.

man the fcuk up and quit crying

So not one then Booners?

Not even a little tiny one?

Just a gentle reminder for those with short-term memory loss..

In 2009, Barack Obama “Joked” About Auditing His Enemies.

Not only does the IRS Scandal(s) keep rolling along, the Obama Administration now moves to silence 501(c)(4) Organizations

The “IRS scandal” consists of the fact that the agency targeted Tea Party groups and other identifiably conservative organizations for special scrutiny, denying them tax-exempt 501(c)(4) status in advance of the 2012 election. The tactic worked, as many conservative groups were effectively taken out of action during that election cycle. In the aftermath of the scandal, the Obama administration is moving to institutionalize its discrimination against conservative groups in the form of new IRS regulations defining the political activity in which 501(c)(4) organizations can participate.

The proposed regulations are here.

You might ask yourself too there charter members of the TDMA why Lois Lerner took the 5th over and over if she didn't have performed corrupt practices?

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Can anyone give a slightly credible reason as to why the IRS shouldn't have been looking at groups named Tea Party - a distinctly political movement - regarding the facts of their "non-political" organization? We all know damned well they were political organizations, and the IRS was doing their job in trying to keep them from claiming a status they were not entitled to.

of course they were only doing their job to stop tax fraud....they also investigated left leaning groups....but you never hear that bit of info in the fright wing media.

because today's republican party is built on victim-hood....sarah palin and ted cruz are professional victims...palin's turned it into a profitable enterprise and cruz is currently laying the groundwork to do the same.

and the rubes on the right just can't seem to figure out that they're being played....again.

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

You might ask yourself too there charter members of the TDMA why Lois Lerner took the 5th over and over if she didn't have performed corrupt practices?

Why do you hate the Bill of Rights?

ya boon... you lay down thousands of allegations here and when someone asks you a question you avoid it like madeline Albrights panties....

you are a hack boon....

you claim there is a scandal at the IRS yet you can't name one group that lost their status due to the investigation. someone asks you a specific question and you don't answer it... your silence speaks volumes boon!

thats why there is no scandal boon you just won't admit it.

same goes for Benghazi... fast & furious... etc....etc... etc....

Jeez, all these flops- and then Bridgegate. Ouch.

That Bridgegate is superb stuff. The difference between that and Booners' fake scandals is that not only does it have legs, but the truth will come out.

People pleading the 5th all over the place, looking for deals, someone's going to grass the fat slob up.

Originally Posted by Pound Hound

you are a hack boon....

Its not just him as he is just a shill for the right wing media/blogosphere. They are the real idiots.

Spin this one, Libs!

Email: IRS’s Lerner, Treasury Department secretly drafted new rules to restrict Conservative groups

The Obama administration’s Treasury Department and former IRS official Lois Lerner conspired to draft new 501(c)(4) regulations to restrict the activity of conservative groups in a way that would not be disclosed publicly, according to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

The Treasury Department and Lerner started devising the new rules “off-plan,” meaning that their plans would not be published on the public schedule. They planned the new rules in 2012, while the IRS targeting of conservative groups was in full swing, and not after the scandal broke in order to clarify regulations as the administration has suggested."

How Many More Smoking Guns Do Y'all Need To Believe?

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Spin this one, Libs!

Email: IRS’s Lerner, Treasury Department secretly drafted new rules to restrict Conservative groups

The Obama administration’s Treasury Department and former IRS official Lois Lerner conspired to draft new 501(c)(4) regulations to restrict the activity of conservative groups in a way that would not be disclosed publicly, according to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

The Treasury Department and Lerner started devising the new rules “off-plan,” meaning that their plans would not be published on the public schedule. They planned the new rules in 2012, while the IRS targeting of conservative groups was in full swing, and not after the scandal broke in order to clarify regulations as the administration has suggested."

How Many More Smoking Guns Do Y'all Need To Believe?

But you are spinning it Booners.

The rules were “drafted in a manner, in my view, to shut down tea party groups” Rep. Camp said earlier this week.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

But you are spinning it Booners.

it's worse than the example you've given.


if you look at the article he's linked to, this is the actual headline:

Email: IRS’s Lerner, Treasury Department secretly drafted new rules to restrict nonprofits

now compare that to what he posted:

Email: IRS’s Lerner, Treasury Department secretly drafted new rules to restrict Conservative groups

always playing the victim.


man the fcuk up and quit crying....and lying.

Fucking hell Booners if you actually have to edit the shit you post to try and make it sound convincing, you might as well give up because you're shit at it.

But, but wait! All along we've been told this is a Phony Scandal?

New IRS chief apologizes to targeted conservative groups after House hearing.

Yes that does indeed say "conservative" groups.....not "non-profit" groups, or any other kind of groups.

However the flat earth Liberals of TD will try find some way to discredit this new IRS chief. The poor bastards will be Googling all night looking for something.... Maybe he had coffee with GW Bush one time....there must be something wrong if he's admitting that they were conservative groups......

Originally Posted by koman

Yes that does indeed say "conservative" groups.....not "non-profit" groups, or any other kind of groups.

However the flat earth Liberals of TD will try find some way to discredit this new IRS chief. The poor bastards will be Googling all night looking for something.... Maybe he had coffee with GW Bush one time....there must be something wrong if he's admitting that they were conservative groups......

Those denizens of the TDMA have been discredited on this subject many, many pages back...

Originally Posted by koman

there must be something wrong if he's admitting that they were conservative groups

more of the same cry-baby BS.

groups on both sides of the ideological divide were checked by the IRS to determine whether they should be getting the tax breaks the were claiming.

and after those checks not a single tea party or republican group lost its tax exempt status.

not one.

quit playing the perpetual victim and man the fcuk up.

IRS Scandal Day 273

• Accounting Today: IRS Commissioner Koskinen Says Proposed Tax-Exempt Rules Won't Be Finalized Soon
• American Center for Law and Justice: President Obama Can’t Sweep the IRS Scandal Under the Rug
• American Spectator: Maybe Just a “Smidgen of Corruption” at the IRS?
• Christian Post: Republicans, Reporters Ask About FBI Investigation Into IRS After Obama Claims 'Not Even a Smidgen of Corruption'
• Fox News: Congressmen Ask Holder If Obama Is Receiving Updates on IRS Probe
• Fox News: IRS Chief & Pres. Obama Insist Scandal Over
• Fox News: New IRS Chief Apologizes to Targeted Conservative Groups After House Hearing
• The Hill: The Politics of Targeting
• National Journal: Remember the IRS Tea-Party Scandal? Get Ready for Round Two
• National Review: Renewed GOP Focus on the IRS: Scandal Republicans Slam New Rules That Could Limit Conservative Nonprofits in 2014, But Not Unions
• News Max: New IRS Chief to Congress: Give Us a Fresh Start
• News Max: Proposed IRS Regs Threaten GOP's 2014 Senate Push
• PJ Media: Not a Smidgen of Corruption? IRS, Treasury Crafted Secret Rules to Hinder Non-Profits
• Politico: IRS Chief, Republicans Clash Over Tea Party Probe
• Politicus USA: Busted Republicans Try to Skulk Away from Their Fake IRS Scandal
• Town Hall: IRS "Targeting" Rule Change Was in the Works for Two Years
• Town Hall: Lawmaker: Obama Should Win ‘Lie of the Year’ Again for Claiming No Corruption at IRS
• Tribune: IRS Chief Wants Scandal to Fade
• Wall Street Journal: House GOP Seizes on Treasury Email About Nonprofits
• Washington Post: Democrats Accuse Issa of Meddling With IRS Targeting Probe
• Washington Post op-ed: From Obamacare to the IRS Scandal, Republicans Are Ignoring the Facts, by Dana Milbank
• Washington Times: IRS Email Reveals Lerner’s Role in Tax Rule to Restrain Nonprofits
• Washington Times: Obama Didn’t Consult Justice Before Saying

And not to forget that Obama 'joked' about siccing the IRS on his enemies back in 2009, eh?

Truth be told, many of the groups that take advantage of tax exempt status absolutely do not warrant it. They are nowt more than political wolves in shabby sheepskin, taking advantage of a lax system as people will invariably do. Not just a dig at the rightside btw. But heck, whats new- just look at Panamanian "charitable" foundations, etc.

Originally Posted by sabang

Truth be told, many of the groups that take advantage of tax exempt status absolutely do not warrant it.

Exactly this tax exemption should be stopped but the fact is that Republicans will fight tooth and nail to keep these groups tax exempt status as they are the ones who primarily benefit from them.

It is also pretty simple to understand since the overwhelming majority of these groups are Republican that they would be the most investigated.

Stick this one in yer Bong & hit it, Libs!

IRS smoking gun uncovered by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp

Feb. 6, 2014, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Nathan Mehrens today issued the following statement calling attention to documents uncovered by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp proving that the proposed IRS regulations against 501(c)(4)s were planned while the targeting of the tea party was ongoing, and not in response to that scandal in 2013 as the Obama administration has contended:

“President Obama can no longer hide behind his seemingly perpetual state of confusion over what is happening in his administration, as records now clearly show. The 2012 email released by Chairman Camp proves that the new IRS regulation restricting 501(c)(4) organizations’ political speech was not in response to the scandal targeting the tea party or any confusion about what (c)(4) regulations mean, but was devised well in advance.

“The IRS had a long-term plan to use its power to intimidate and stop small conservative groups from participating in the political process using the same tax-exempt status as groups like Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters that publish voter guides.
“Congress can no longer stand idly assuming good will from this administration and it must use its power of the purse including any extension of the debt ceiling to expressly prohibit the implementation of these new IRS rules designed to squelch First Amendment rights of Obama’s political opponents.”

Attachments:

“Camp Blasts Treasury & Lois Lerner for Developing 501(c)(4) Rules ‘Off-Plan’” Feb. 5, 2014 at Camp Blasts Treasury & Lois Lerner for Developing 501(c)(4) Rules

“Obama’s state of confusion on IRS underscores cover-up,” By ALG Senior Editor Robert Romano, Feb. 5, 2014 at NetRight Daily» Obama

They Don't Call Him President Cover-Up For Nothing

Not a Smidgen of corruption!

^ Hmmm, nothing there linking the White House to the IRS.

And yes, with the passage of Citizens United that makes corporations "people" the IRS knew they had to get ready for a bunch of Tea Party groups to try and misuse their tax exempt status to engage in political activities.

Of course it's all moot since there isn't a single tea party or conservative group that lost its tax exempt status. (and that, imo is the real scandal).
Smoking gun? More like a a smoking pile of bullshit...