Politics of the IRS

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

The fact that the complaints are coming from the TEA party and Republicans itself proves the complaints unfounded.

No, not true.
This whole thing came about because of an explosion of right wing political groups popping up claiming 501(C)4 status. But under our system, even the most scurrilous deserve equal treatment under the law. Either let them pretend they are doing “social welfare”, or bitch-slap them and send them away.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Umm, foreigner here, not following this too closely, but ...
Has this been seen?

Yes, yes it has.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

No, not true.
This whole thing came about because of an explosion of right wing political groups popping up claiming 501(C)4 status. But under our system, even the most scurrilous deserve equal treatment under the law. Either let them ALL pretend they are doing “social welfare”, or bitch-slap them ALL and send them away.

ALL by me.

[xoxoxoBruce]

No, you can't just blanket distribute exemptions. You're making the assumption that ALL of them are honest, god-fearing, tea party, patriots. Even if ALL the applications appear to be created equally, that's bullshit.

Whenever there's a tax loophole, there's sharks circling, just waiting for a surge in activity they can slide in with. Applications for tax avoidance, and opportunities for money laundering, will always have to scrutinized.