Another blow to Darrell Issa’s witch hunt into the I.R.S. “targetting conservatives” has been dealt: In 2010, a tiny Palestinian-rights group called Minnesota Break the Bonds applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status. Two years and a lot of prodding later, the I.R.S. sent the group’s leaders a series of questions and requests […]
Yesterday news broke that the IRS had also been targetting progressive groups, as well as others: George’s report criticized the IRS for using “inappropriate criteria” to identify tea party and other conservative groups. It did not mention more liberal organizations, but in response to questions from lawmakers at congressional hearings, George said he had recently […]
With news of the IRS targeting Tea Party groups evolving everyday, one constant has remained – politics. We have Republicans out there going as far as saying impeachment of President Obama could be a possibility and everyone else trying to make this an anchor on the Oval Office. For example, yesterday Rand Paul said this: […]
In my previous post I mentioned how the IRS targeting political groups is an actual scandal and one that needs investigated and addressed. I also mentioned how the last thing we need is to turn something so serious into a run of the mill, beltway witch hunt. Well that’s exactly what some of the darlings […]
With news that the IRS was targeting conservative groups, the right has a true scandal on their hands. The IRS is not to be used as a political tool and this kind of activity should give everyone of us reason to worry, despite our ideological beliefs. Luckily Congress is going to be holding hearings into […]
Wells Fargo received $25 billion from the George Bush TARP program. One of Wells Fargo’s biggest problems was the acquisition of Wachovia in December of 2008. Wachovia came with a whole slew of problems, but probably none bigger than this: On 10 April 2006, a DC-9 jet landed in the port city of Ciudad del […]
The House Republicans are determined to expand the role of the IRS: Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives, the Internal Revenue Service would be forced to police how Americans have paid for their abortions. To ensure that taxpayers complied with the law, IRS agents would have to investigate whether […]
This morning on Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough declared the Bernard Kerik has a great man that they only went after because Rudy Giulliani ran for President. Either Joe is crushing on Rudy and Bernard so much that he is flat out lying, or Joe is a moron. Actually it could be both, but let’s recap […]
Instead of letting Congress vote on one, the IRS went ahead and gave it to them: The federal government quietly agreed to forgo billions of dollars in potential tax payments from Citigroup as part of the deal announced this week to wean the company from the massive taxpayer bailout that helped it survive the financial […]
From the local files of corrupt Republicans: Joseph Ruscigno, former Butler County Republican Party finance chairman and husband of failed county commission candidate Rawnica Dillingham, pleaded guilty this week to a federal tax obstruction charge. In federal court Wednesday, Ruscigno admitted trying to cheat the Internal Revenue Service out of back taxes owed by Fitch […]