How’s that again? ============ House committees are still digging into the IRS political targeting scandal, and based on a hearing Wednesday there’s more to learn. The day produced more evidence blowing apart President Obama’s claims that there was “not even a smidgen of corruption” or political motivation in the IRS handling of groups applying for tax-exempt status. Mr. Obama wants Americans to believe... Read more
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Pleading the Fifth…
September 24 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, IRSAh, keep that pension…. Plea the 5th, but not willing to give up your pension for the truth… ======== A not-so-fond farewell to IRS doyenne Lois Lerner, who resigned Monday as the agency’s director of Exempt Organizations. Since announcing in May that the IRS had singled out conservative groups applying for tax exempt status for additional scrutiny during an election... Read more
A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal
July 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, IRS, Noonan, Party PoliticsNoonan ‘making it hurt’ again. I wish some in Congress would be equally focused. ============ The IRS scandal was connected this week not just to the Washington office—that had been established—but to the office of the chief counsel. That is a bombshell—such a big one that it managed to emerge in spite of an unfocused, frequently off-point congressional hearing in which some members... Read more
Henninger: The Sum of All Fears
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | IRS, NSAMr. Henniger… says it so well, again… ============= Here is Barack Obama commenting last Friday on the National Security Agency’s antiterrorist surveillance programs: “We’ve got congressional oversight and judicial oversight. And if people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress and don’t trust federal judges to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution, due process and... Read more
Think the IRS Is Bad Now? Just Wait.
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, IRSWill Mr. Hatch get to say ” ‘ told you so…” I hope not. ========= By ORRIN HATCH The Internal Revenue Service has never been an agency much loved by the American people. With the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups, its already bad reputation has now sunk to a new low. But the scandal raises a critical question: If the IRS can’t manage... Read more
