It's troubling that such an important agency could allow something such as this to occur. Some individuals that were attempting to receive the tax exempt status which would allow them to carry out various political activities felt frightened about divulging their information or not divulging enough which means committing perjury. The IRS has admitted to the unnecessary criteria being used as a tactic to discourage the conservative groups from being created.
Other reports have risen about the same issue occurring in California but it appears that the only legitimate offenses have so far occurred in Cincinnati. Now that the issue is in the public's focus if it happening in other locations then it will hopefully be taken care of quickly. Unfortunately it won't help those that feel the government will always abuse its power and is too large to serve its purpose.
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SHUSHANNAH WALSHE. "IRS Asked About Political Views, Tea Party Groups
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/14/new-irs-scandal-echoes-agency-problems-past/.
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6 comments:
This is an interesting blog on peoples view on parties. From what I took out of this it seemed that some people are being stereotyped because of affiliations and there seems to be some level of corruption going on in the IRS
Interesting post...I didn't even realize this was going on until I read this. What is being done about it? I agree with Connor that it definitely sounds like something illegal is going on.
Nice Post Ryan I've heard pieces about it in the news and I didn't catch that is was lower status employees. Jon Martin there is an investigation going on because there is reports that the president had influence or known about this scandal.
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Unfortunately, I believe that many parts of the government have gone corrupt and the IRS is just one part of the whole picture. The IRS deserved the political and public condemnation it received for targeting conservative groups. These people have a great amount of power over us, whether conservative or liberal, and it is important that they're using power for good, rather than for personal advantage or political bias.
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