Comments on: The Daily Caller fires a blank at Lois Lerner

By: derfallbright

derfallbright — Sun, 26 May 2013 01:21:33 +0000

It seems to me that Congress needs to move quickly here because I feel this issue descending into a politician food fight.

I have read comments where both side are taking positions that are unjustified by the facts. (as they are known today)

At the lower end of the IRS this is not a complex investigation. Interview the people at the bottom of the organization and work your way up. It doesn’t matter if you end up with 50 people on Administrative Leave while you sort out who is guilty of what, vs. just some people who were trapped in a bureaucratic system where they were forced to go along to maintain their job. That will become obvious during an investigation.

This can not be allowed to drag on because it is harming the country.

By: William

William — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:18:06 +0000

I assume, Petunia, that you’re referring to the Sutherland lawyer given an ambassadorship by the Bush-Cheney administration?

By: petunia

petunia — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:17:03 +0000

I’d say that an ambassadorship is a pretty big connection! Wow.

By: Sniffit

Sniffit — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:54:01 +0000

“It is particularly troubling that even in the face of IRS officials and other Democrats acknowledging IRS wrongdoing so many people of the left imply – or insist – that the wrongdoing is on the part of the Tea Partiers”

That’s BS. All this article does is point out that the Daily Caller was making crazy, hyperbolic accusations in order to inflate the importance of the scandal AND manufacture a false narrative that there are political connections, conspiracies and undercurrents to this.

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By: elhombre

elhombre — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:05:42 +0000

It is particularly troubling that even in the face of IRS officials and other Democrats acknowledging IRS wrongdoing so many people of the left imply – or insist – that the wrongdoing is on the part of the Tea Partiers. Trying to cheat on their taxes don’tcha know?

For the lefties, political dissent from their narrative must involve some kind of crime. How unfortunate for the nation.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:03 +0000

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By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:41:07 +0000

I am in favor of the IRS ensuring bogus nonprofit groups not receive the favored nonprofit status. However, looking at a letter sent to one Tea party group really got me thinking about the hoops they had to jump through to prove the legitimacy of their status. (See: http://ftpcontent4.worldnow.com/wwbt/Documents/RichmondTeaParty2.pdf ) Just look at the burdensome amount of information the IRS required of their group and the short turn around time demanded of them. It appears to indicate some sort of bias that should be investigated.
Is this the tip of the ice berg?
As far as I’m concerned the IRS has no business using its tax policies or enforcement power as means of intimidation for political reasons, NO MATTER WHICH PARTY IS IN OFFICE. Such practices should be nipped in the butt. Are we to now have heads of key agencies appointed by bipartisan or multi-partisan committees to keep politics out to ensure the “fair” treatment of all citizens and citizen groups? Boy, that would cause many agencies to grind down to a snails pace!

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