Why all the fuss with the IRS?
Posted by Ed Johnson, May 21, 2013 at 02:09 pm
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Why is there such a fuss with the IRS? Were they not simply doing their job in their investigation of ultra conservative Tea Party organizations that were attempting to endorse political agenda while, at the same time, trying to claim tax exempt status?

I’m a registered Republican myself and have been for quite a while. For that matter, I’ve been a Life Member of the NRA since the ’60’s. But the Tea Party agenda certainly doesn’t represent my views as a Republican, nor do I feel that the “1%” has my best middle class interests at heart.

Here is a short sample of the many examples I found, just on Google alone:

To wit…. “In order to maintain tax-exempt status, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations cannot engage in political campaigning. Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) tax exempt status should be ever vigilant about this prohibition — a violation could result in severe consequences.”

And…”The federal tax law is very strict on the issue of political campaigning. A 501(c)(3) organization is absolutely forbidden to directly or indirectly participate in any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Violation of this prohibition could lead the IRS to completely revoke (the) organization’s tax-exempt status or impose excise taxes on (the) organization.”

So, under those conditions, it would seem that the IRS was justified in researching Tea Party groups. And they certainly are not the first investigating organization to utilize “key word” recognition in order to investigate or clarify in more depth.

And so the current IRS witch hunt, being avidly pursued by our obstructionist anti-Obama congressional representatives, simply reminds me of the old saying “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”