IRS Official in Charge During Tea Party Targeting Now Runs Health Care Office

[dkf]

The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the tax-exempt organizations at the time when the unit targeted tea party groups now runs the IRS office responsible for the health care legislation.

Sarah Hall Ingram served as commissioner of the office responsible for tax-exempt organizations between 2009 and 2012. But Ingram has since left that part of the IRS and is now the director of the IRS' Affordable Care Act office, the IRS confirmed to ABC News today.

Her successor, Joseph Grant, is taking the fall for misdeeds at the scandal-plagued unit between 2010 and 2012. During at least part of that time, Grant served as deputy commissioner of the tax-exempt unit.

http://abcnews.go.com/m/blogEntry?id=19197239

Obama really needs to fix this. I don't know who is advising him but he needs more help.

[Politicalboi]

1. Do we know for sure

They were being targeted unfairly? Are these people the ones who did the targeting, or were they just finishing up reports? Was there a flood of new Teabagger groups that caused it to only "look" like they were targeted unfairly. Did the GOP start this just to rid themselves of Teabagger organizations? Is Karl Rove involved in ANY way?

[dkf]

3. The IG's report flagged the inappropriate behavior. That's a done deal.

But boy could there be a worse person to help implement what is supposed to be Obama's signature accomplishment? The mandate drives the entire process, at least in theory.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. What exactly does Obama need help with and what does he need to fix?

[HangOnKids]

4. Maybe dkf Needs To Fly To DC And Pick Out A Power Tie & New Suit

Sounds like a wardrobe concern. Indeed.

[dkf]

6. He needs to be able to see the quicksand he is about to step into and take preemptive measures.

This woman should have been asked to hand in her resignation as it was under her watch that this happened. The poor schmuck that resigned is just taking the fall. But to have her in charge of the IRS ACA section after she's been in charge during an inappropriately politicized situation? Well it seems crazy to me but maybe he wants to drive the right out of their minds.

[Cali_Democrat]

7. And what evidence do you have that she did anything wrong?

Say you're a manager at McDonalds and an employee is caught stealing from the register. Should the manager be automatically fired because it happened under his/her watch? That's silly. Also, in the case of the IRS faux issue, no laws were broken.

I fail to see why this is an issue. It's only an issue because she happens to be involved with enforcement of healthcare reform. The GOP has tried to repeal the healthcare law 37 times...they are obsessed with this law they know will never go away.

Let the Republicans pound sand...it's what they do best.

Fuck 'em.

[dkf]

9. There is more evidence against her than her successor who is leaving.

[Cali_Democrat]

10. Evidence she broke the law?

What law? Link?

[dkf]

12. You do realize the FBI is looking into this right?

Boy she better be clean....

[Cali_Democrat]

13. LOL

You're funny.

[mwrguy]

5. There's nothing to fix

Fuck the haters.

[Kingofalldems]

8. How about that Benghazi business?

With the repubs caught in huge lies about the President and SS. Looks like treason to me, what do you think?

[dkf]

11. The lame thing about Benghazi is that neither party wants to examine the real problems...

The Republicans are interested in more involvement in these types of situations, so there is no drive to show how Benghazi was blowback which is the real scandal.

Its too bad that Democrats aren't providing the insight that could prevent our getting involved in Syria. Both parties are complicit.

[Rex]

14. So 'no' on treason?

Both parties do it eh?

[dkf]

15. Throwing "treason" around is stupid.

No one involved wants this country destroyed. That's just over the top inflammatory language.

[Rex]

16. Sure, right, did you think the same about Iran Contra?

Who said they want the country destroyed? Inflammatory language indeed.

[dkf]

18. I was too young back then.

I'm not sure I would call that treasonous either.

[Rex]

21. Oh I C.

That explains a lot to me. I WAS around for that and YES it was treason.

[Kingofalldems]

17. The old 'both parties do it' response eh?

[dkf]

19. Yes I'm pissed that people who are anti war are completely silent.

Their only concern is being a party loyalists. I shake my head.

[kentuck]

20. Yep.

Needs to clean house. Get the vipers out of the den.

[magellan]

22. So wait. The two people who were actually in charge when this happened

...get off scot-free, while their successors have been forced out?? This is silly to the extreme.