No group was denied tax exempt status...
IG report linked previously.For the 296 total political campaign intervention applications TIGTA reviewed as of December 17, 2012, 108 had been approved, 28 were withdrawn by the applicant, none had been denied, and 160 were open from 206 to 1,138 calendar days (some for more than to the Internal Revenue Service Acting three years and crossing two election cycles).
Point in case is the targeting by multiple government departments and agencies at the federal and state level, by elected officials, and by Democrat Party organizations of Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring honest elections and ballot integrity by targeting voter fraud.
Was it all just a coincidence?
Engelbrecht was hit up not just by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in delaying True the Vote’s still-unapproved application for tax-exempt status with mountains of invasive and improper follow-up questions — but also by the Occupational Safety Hazards Administration (Department of Labor) of Engelbrecht Manufacturing; several rounds of questioning by the FBI (Department of Justice) concerning her local meet up group, King Street Patriots; two audits by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (Department of Justice) of her manufacturing plant; a separate IRS audit of her family business and personal income tax returns; and another audit by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
As reported by the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity’s Jillian Kay Melchior at National Review, this targeting resulted in a $17,500 fine from OSHA, plus a demand by the Texas agency for Engelbrecht to spend $42,000 for additional storage sheds, notes Breitbart.com’s Brandon Darby. The Texas targeting was supposedly the result of “a complaint being called in.”
The OSHA fine came after “the OSHA inspector complimented them on their tightly run shop and said she didn’t know why she had been sent to examine it,” Melchior reports the Engelbrechts saying.
Engelbrecht’s difficulties apparently originate with a 2010 skirmish with the Texas Democrat Party, which filed a lawsuit against her, as did an ACORN affiliate, charging the group had acted as a political action committee by providing poll watchers.
On top of all that, True the Vote became subject to congressional scrutiny, Melchior notes, by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in a letter to Department of Justice’s Thomas Perez — coincidentally Obama’s pick to head up the Labor Department — urging the group be investigated for “voter suppression.”
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) wrote a letter directly to Englebrecht accusing her group of “illegal voter suppression” that if “intentional, politically-motivated, and widespread across multiple states they could amount to a criminal conspiracy to deny legitimate voters their constitutional rights.”
Read more at NetRightDaily.com: Who coordinated multi-agency attack on tea party group? | NetRight Daily
That is true (eventually) but a large majority (63% - 188 of 296) of the sample group were not approved timely:
IG report linked previously.
Some delayed over TWO ELECTION CYCLES! Why would you presume this was the case if NOT for political reasons?...especially considering that 'progressive' groups were expeditiously approved...
This isn't just the IRS involved here. Many reports are starting to surface that multiple government agencies hammered these people....All at the same time....IRS, DHS, FBI, OSHA, EPA, etc.....This was using the entirety of the Federal Government against political opponents of the President...
Is this America anymore?
Yeah, I saw that on Colbert too...Not sure if that is indeed the case...
Democrat voter suppression.:shock:
http://www.debatepolitics.com/gener...s-scandal-happened-1959-a.html#post1061844664
Sure smells like it. I have wondered since this surfaced 'what would a 'low level' IRS worker stand to gain (motivation) from participating in what they have been accused of? This question can be applied up the ladder also.
Wow, exercising one's Constitutional rights is an admission of being guilty of a crime?
Taking the 5th in and of itself is not a crime.
Nor can you infer guilt because she chose not to respond to the questions of Congress who are crooks themselves and who most of them should be in jail as well.
So the new tea party meme is if the 5th amendment imputes guilt to everybody who invokes that constitutional right?
you can only plead the fifth to keep from incriminating yourself in a crime. so she is admitting there was a crime
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law
she's guilty of being incompetent, but that's not a crime. The fact is no organization doing political work should get 501 c(4) tax exemption status. See post 176 above.
I am not. Because the IRS can't look at every return they use profiling and they have many red flags they use. For example if you claim a home office deduction there is a good chance you will be audited, the same is true if you claim social welfare.Ah, and here you go again...wantonly extolling how it's perfectly okay for the government to actively enforce the law in an unequal manner against groups. How wonderfully progressive of you. Your only defense? Post 176, that doesn't actually defend it but offers up a non-explanation because it would only be relevant if the targetting of conservative groups was done organically...which wasn't the case because those groups were specifically SOUGHT OUT for additional screening.Pbrauer, a staunch defender of the governments right to unequally apply the law based on political beliefs of individuals.
Yup. It's a bit like eating lobster: who was the first person to think this was a good idea?:shock:
I am not. Because the IRS can't look at every return they use profiling and they have many red flags they use. For example if you claim a home office deduction there is a good chance you will be audited, the same is true if you claim social welfare.
Some-body's been watching Lawrence ODonneeeeeellllllllll .I am not. Because the IRS can't look at every return they use profiling and they have many red flags they use. For example if you claim a home office deduction there is a good chance you will be audited, the same is true if you claim social welfare.
I am not. Because the IRS can't look at every return they use profiling and they have many red flags they use.
I always wondered about stuff like that, Pol.Probably a first cousin to whoever looked at a cow one day and decided if a baby cow could drink whatever came out, maybe he could too? Took nerve! :lamo:
Good morning, Jack. :2wave:
What are the red flags for the Liberal groups, Pete?I am not. Because the IRS can't look at every return they use profiling and. For example if you claim a home office deduction there is a good chance you will be audited, the same is true if you claim social welfare.they have many red flags they use
Why did they give Karl Rove's American Crossroads GPS an exemption then?And they profiled based on the percieved political views that a group may hold. Which is no better than a government agency profiling based on religious views a group or individual may hold, or what race the individual or group may be part of, or other such protected things.
And they profiled based on the percieved political views that a group may hold. Which is no better than a government agency profiling based on religious views a group or individual may hold, or what race the individual or group may be part of, or other such protected things.
Why did they give Karl Rove's American Crossroads GPS an exemption then?
Why did they give Karl Rove's American Crossroads GPS an exemption then?
More likely, now that the Republican party has chosen to make a huge deal of out nothing, the legitimacy of the Republican party is now in serious question.... Oh wait, it already WAS in serious question.
The mountain that has been made out of this molehill, if not such a tragedy given the huge distraction of our government resources from real problems, would make a sitcom of slap-stick that would make I Love Lucy look like a drama in comparison.
This is complete silliness, Cons... stop it and preserve what little dignity you still have.
I think the majority of Americans will think she is guilty of something or has something important to hide by her taking the fifth. I am not a lawyer, so I do not understand how an opening statement could stop someone from taking the 5th. I will just sit back and stay tuned in to see how all this works out.
Probably a first cousin to whoever looked at a cow one day and decided if a baby cow could drink whatever came out, maybe he could too? Took nerve! :lamo:
Good morning, Jack. :2wave:
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