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Proud Liberal Dem

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2. I personally believe that they are trumping this up so as to defang the IRS in time for 2014

Reply to Rosa Luxemburg (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2013, 07:38 PM

May 2013

Republicans have no information in fixing the laws governing these kind of organizations or making sure IRS offices are appropriately staffed so that they can better handle the workload. I don't believe that there was any malevolence in what they were doing, just doing the right thing the wrong way IMHO.

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I think the IRS has uncovered something BIG [View all] Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 OP

They didn't look at Rove's fake charity. elehhhhna May 2013 #1

I personally believe that they are trumping this up so as to defang the IRS in time for 2014 Proud Liberal Dem May 2013 #2

Yep. Teabaggers see a lot of advantage in castrating the IRS Triana May 2013 #4

Yep, this is intended to deter future investigations. nt bemildred May 2013 #5

and taxes? robinlynne May 2013 #7

I think the "secret donor" part is what is attractive, the tax deduction is a fringe benefit. nt bemildred May 2013 #8

what I meant was, the right is anti-taxes. always. Messing with the IRS is similar to robinlynne May 2013 #16

Could be some knee-jerk anti-tax sentiment involved too. bemildred May 2013 #18

Defanging, yes Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #9

That makes sense, they are putting them on the defensive davidpdx May 2013 #20

I think they didn't... Triana May 2013 #3

Ahem! Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #6

I don't think it's "big" per se, the IRS was doing their job and clearly many of these NoMoreWarNow May 2013 #10

they were and more Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #11

It's just propaganda Half-Century Man May 2013 #12

that too Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #13

The bigger the GOP crimes...the more likely the forestpath May 2013 #14

This Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #15

The Tea Party lifted up a rock. hay rick May 2013 #17

still not too late Rosa Luxemburg May 2013 #19