One thing may of us seem to forget is that how many of these groups were denied tax exempt status as a social welfare and education group? In fact, the only known 501(c)(4) applicant to have its status denied happens to be a progressive group: the Maine chapter of Emerge America, which trains Democratic women to run for office. ( http://www.salon.com/2013/05/15/meet_the_group_the_irs_actually_revoked_democrats/ )
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > I personally think this IRS issue is less political than it is petty > us-vs-them. > > I think it is pretty obvious that any "class" of non-profits, which had as > a class recently skirted the line of political speech allowed by > non-profits, and whose main reason for existing is to reduce the size of > government, and specifically wanting to abolish the IRS, is going to come > under greater scrutiny by IRS bureaucrats who police those rules. > > Shouldnt happen, but thinking it wouldnt is not admitting the human factor. > > The groups that were set aside to receive extra scrutiny were specifically > targeting the IRS. Seems pretty clean to me. > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:57 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It does if one of the parties is trying to make it out to be a political > > issue... > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I am not sure it matters what the political affiliation is of the > person > > > who 'ordered' it. Targeting a specific group because of political > reasons > > > is wrong. > > > > > > End. Of. Story. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The establishment Republican party is no fan of the tea party > movement. > > > > > > > > It wouldn't be surprising in the least if there were Republicans > > involved > > > > in targeting tea party groups for "special" consideration. > > > > > > > > Consider former GOP senator Trent Lott: > > > > > > > > We dont need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples. As soon as they get > here, > > we > > > > need to co-opt them. - Trent Lott > > > > > > > > > > > > J > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > > Some of my best memories are sitting on my dads lap, cheering on > Olga > > > and > > > > Nadia, Carl Lewis, and others for their brilliance and perfection. - > > > > Michelle Obama about the 1984 Olympics when she was 20 years old. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364450 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
