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hack89

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18. And the IRS says the criteria was inappropriate.
Wed May 15, 2013, 07:28 PM
May 2013

its in the fucking title. You are using a report that says you are wrong to say you are right.

"91 applications had no indication of significant political campaign intervention." Scuba May 2013 #1
I'm not sure what you mean about "kept the money" W_HAMILTON May 2013 #2
If they didn't spend it on campaigning, what did they spend it on? Themselves? Scuba May 2013 #4
I think this is more about scrutinization at the application level. W_HAMILTON May 2013 #5
In theory at least, it would mean they spent it on promoting "social welfare" Dragonfli May 2013 #6
+1,000 Scuba May 2013 #7
The president is about to speak "on the situation regarding the Internal Revenue Service" W_HAMILTON May 2013 #8
I'm with you on this point... amerciti001 May 2013 #9
"Social welfare" or "social services" is about as vague as you can be. former9thward May 2013 #13
hahahahaha! Baitball Blogger May 2013 #3
The issue is not whether there was political activity - political activity is perfectly legal hack89 May 2013 #10
That's not the issue at hand. W_HAMILTON May 2013 #11
Except the inspectors were specifically told to concentrate on conservative organizations hack89 May 2013 #12
If screening of these applications is anything like how the IRS determines who to audit... W_HAMILTON May 2013 #15
The IRS says the criteria was inappropriate and wrong hack89 May 2013 #17
Every single conservative organization's application was flagged for additional review. hack89 May 2013 #14
That's incorrect. W_HAMILTON May 2013 #16
And the IRS says the criteria was inappropriate. hack89 May 2013 #18
The criteria is inappropriate because it gave the appearance of being politically motivated. W_HAMILTON May 2013 #20
IDGI - is the OP suggesting that statistics can be used to justify harrassment? reformist2 May 2013 #19
The OP (me) is suggesting that... W_HAMILTON May 2013 #21
It appears we will need several gross of smelling salts and couches Dragonfli May 2013 #22
Hehe. W_HAMILTON May 2013 #23
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