There's a big difference between a Section 501(c)(3) entity, and a 501(c)(4) entity. One is political, the other is not. The NAACP should have been investigated, as well as every Church who advocates for a political candidate.
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:55 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > wrote: > ....Is there somethng else that you are aware of; e.g.; "The Smoking > Gun", which shows that the IRS under the Bush Administration was > politically influenced? > --- > Citizens for Ethics in Washington filed two ethics complaints against > a church in Minnesota. “You know we can’t publicly endorse as a church > and would not for any candidate, but I can tell you personally that > I’m going to vote for Michele Bachmann,” pastor Mac Hammond of the > Living Word Christian Center in Minnesota said in 2006 before > welcoming her to the church. The IRS opened an audit into the church, > but it went nowhere after the church appealed the audit on a > technicality. > > And it wasn’t just churches. In 2004, the IRS went after the NAACP, > auditing the nation’s oldest civil rights group after its chairman > criticized President Bush for being the first sitting president since > Herbert Hoover not to address the organization. “They are saying if > you criticize the president we are going to take your tax exemption > away from you,” then-chairman Julian Bond said. “It’s pretty obvious > that the complainant was someone who doesn’t believe George Bush > should be criticized, and it’s obvious of their response that the IRS > believes this, too.” > > In a letter to the IRS, Democratic Reps. Charles Rangel, Pete Stark > and John Conyers wrote: “It is obvious that the timing of this IRS > examination is nothing more than an effort to intimidate the members > of the NAACP, and the communities the organization represents, in > their get-out-the-vote effort nationwide.” > > Then, in 2006, the Wall Street Journal broke the story of a how a > little-known pressure group called Public Interest Watch — which > received 97 percent of its funds from Exxon Mobile one year — managed > to get the IRS to open an investigation into Greenpeace. Greenpeace > had labeled Exxon Mobil the “No. 1 climate criminal.” The IRS > acknowledged its audit was initiated by Public Interest Watch and > threatened to revoke Greenpeace’s tax-exempt status, but closed the > investigation three months later. > > As the Journal reporter, Steve Stecklow, later said in an interview, > “This comes against a backdrop where a number of conservative groups > have been attacking nonprofits and NGOs over their tax-exempt status. > There have been hearings on Capitol Hill. There have been a number of > conservative groups in Washington who have been quite critical.” > > Indeed, the year before that, the Senate held a hearing on nonprofits’ > political activity. Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, the then- > chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said the IRS needed better > enforcement, but also “legislative changes” to better define the lines > between politics and social welfare, since they had not been updated > in “a generation.” Unfortunately, neither Congress nor the IRS has > defined 501(c)4′s sufficiently to this day, leaving the door open for > IRS auditors to make up their own, discriminatory rules. > > On May 15, 9:27 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good Morning Greg, > > > > I don't doubt that the IRS was just as conniving and corrupt during the > > Bush Administration, but nothing in your article leads one to believe > > this....Is there somethng else that you are aware of; e.g.; "The Smoking > > Gun", which shows that the IRS under the Bush Administration was > > politically influenced? > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:20 AM, GregfromBoston <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's Bush's fault. > > > > > I wish I were kidding > > > > > On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:04:55 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > >> All Democrats lack principles and ethics.**** > > > > >> ** ** > > > > >> B**** > > > > >> ** ** > > > > >> **** > > > > >>http://www.breitbart.com/Big-**Government/2013/05/14/** > > >> Progressive-Group-Says-IRS-**Gave-Them-Confidential-Docs-** > > >> On-Conservative-Groups< > http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/14/Progressive-Group-...> > > > > >> **** > > >> Progressive Group: IRS Gave Us Conservative Groups' Confidential > Docs**** > > > > >> **** > > > > >> **** > > >> ------------------------------ > > > > >> Email Article **** > > > > >> Print ArticleSend a Tip< > http://www.breitbart.com/System/Breitbart%20Send%20A%20Tip?page=%2fBi...> > > >> **** > > > > >> by Wynton Hall <http://www.breitbart.com/Columnists/Wynton-Hall> 14 > May > > >> 2013, 7:59 AM PDT 1205< > http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/14/Progressive-Group-...> > post > > >> a comment< > http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/14/Progressive-Group-...> > > >> **** > > > > >> **** > > >> The progressive-leaning investigative journalism group ProPublica > says< > http://www.propublica.org/article/irs-office-that-targeted-tea-party-...>the > Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office that targeted and harassed > > >> conservative tax-exempt groups during the 2012 election cycle gave the > > >> progressive group nine confidential applications of conservative > groups > > >> whose tax-exempt status was pending.**** > > > > >> The commendable admission lends further evidence to the lengths the > IRS > > >> went during an election cycle to silence tea party and limited > government > > >> voices.**** > > > > >> ProPublica says the documents the IRS gave them were “not supposed to > be > > >> made public”:**** > > > > >> The same IRS office that deliberately targeted< > http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/irs-apologizes-for-inappropria...> > conservative > > >> groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 > election > > >> released nine pending confidential applications of conservative > groups to > > >> ProPublica late last year< > http://www.propublica.org/article/what-karl-roves-dark-money-nonprofi.. > .>... > > >> In response to a request for the applications for 67 different > nonprofits > > >> last November, the Cincinnati office of the IRS sent ProPublica > > >> applications or documentation for 31 groups. Nine of those > applications had > > >> not yet been approved—meaning they were not supposed to be made > public. (We > > >> made six< > http://www.propublica.org/article/what-karl-roves-dark-money-nonprofi...> > of > > >> those< > http://www.propublica.org/article/controversial-dark-money-group-amon...>public, > after redacting their financial information, deeming that they were > > >> newsworthy.)**** > > > > >> The group says that "no unapproved applications from liberal groups > were > > >> sent to ProPublica.”**** > > > > >> According to Media Research Center Vice President for Business and > > >> Culture Dan Gainor, ProPublica’s financial backers include< > http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/05/11/dont-hear-george-soros-ties...>top > progressive donors: > > >> **** > > > > >> ProPublica, which recently won its second Pulitzer Prize< > http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/14/Progressive-Group-...>, > > >> initially was given millions of dollars from the Sandler Foundation to > > >> “strengthen the progressive infrastructure”–“progressive” being the > code > > >> word for very liberal. In 2010, it also received a two-year > contribution of > > >> $125,000 each year from the Open Society Foundations. In case you > wonder > > >> where that money comes from, the OSF website< > http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/14/Progressive-Group-.. > .>is > > >>www.soros.org. It is a network< > http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/14/Progressive-Group-...>of > more than 30 international foundations, mostly funded by Soros, who has > > >> contributed more than $8 billion to those efforts.**** > > > > >> On Friday, the House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to hold a > > >> formal hearing on the IRS conservative targeting scandal. IRS > Commissioner > > >> Steve Miller and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. > > >> Russell George are slated to testify.**** > > > > >> ** ** > > > > >> ** ** > > > > >> ** ** > > > > >> ** ** > > > > >> **** > > > > >> -- > > > -- > > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > > * It's active and moderated. 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