IRS guilty, ordered to pay 3.5 million to conservatives..
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I think it's more just that the OP is entirely misleading. I guess it would make for a good meme though, if that's your thing.
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lost at enforcement failure
sure, that's what we call it these days
sure, that's what we call it these days
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What do you call the IRS' failure to catch political groups using a charitable designation that wasn't supposed to apply to political groups? Successful enforcement?
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blatant incompetence, 1, or outright partisanry, 2
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"Partisanry" isn't a word, but groups from both sides of the aisle got away with this. And they were both targeted for audits to prevent them from getting away with it. And I agree that the IRS is badly understaffed. That is obviously by design to help tax cheats get away with it.
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neither was your use of populace (or as you said populice in that other thread)
thanks for the word choice tip tho
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I've made more than one typo in my life, but I'm proud to say that I've never ducked an argument by bringing up an old typo that someone else made. Do better. For that matter, try not to be so blatantly partisan.
What was the IRS found guilty of?
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Precisely. I haven't evaluated the claims made and sources cited in the video @Farmer Br0wn posted so I can't possibly claim that they're false or distortions. But having seen someone else point out the kind of distortions he has made else where I have reason to doubt him. To put in the effort necessary to actually go through all his sources to know whether or not he's honestly representing them or if he's citing legitimate sources is a tall task. Expecting me to do so seems like a lot to ask.
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not partisan in the slightest, stop projecting
Have you ever voted for a Republican presidential candidate?
b/c I haven't......but I'M PARTISAN hahahahahahahah
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Nothing. They settled. "Overzealous audits" is what this is about. There was a huge surge in requests for a non-profit designation from political groups in 2010 and 2012 that overtaxed the IRS, which then began using certain search terms--"progressive," "occupy," "patriot," and "Tea Party" among them--and scrutinizing those groups further. Groups that had those words in their titles felt unfairly targeted and brought a suit. Initially, the full list of search terms was not made public and it was strongly implied that it was only conservative groups being targeted, which is what prompted action.
All these "hahs" when you realize you have no intelligent response makes you look crazy.
Settling isn't being found guilty. So I ask you again, what were they guilty of?
Read the article, they settled and admitted wrongdoing.
Guilty means a crime was committed not that you're settling a lawsuit. So what crime were they charged with and found guilty of?
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We will just call it, "JVS'ing"
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