jeff smith wrote:
sorry perafrost . the IRS sceem started with Teddy , then the Kennadys . long before Nixon . ------ as for the tax cut for corp. America , he also took away some of their deductions . I know of this because I have lost some of the deductions that I use to have . there was also a tax break for working people , although temporary , there is legislation in progress to make it permanent. yet as usual the bimbocratic leadership is putting the brakes on that also . any thing they can do to make it difficult for President Trump , to fullfil his campaign promises . the bimbocratic leaders have taken a line from Hitlar, when he was dictating his manifesto , " if you tell a big enough lie enough they will believe " --------how did open boarders help Ireland? ------ living as a third world peasant? well this will surely happen of the dem. campaigners get the white house back . especially if they control the house and senate . watch out America the socialist want to have a take over to DESTROY AMERICA . then we will be living as third world peasants .
sorry perafrost . the IRS sceem started with Teddy... (
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read this from wiki,,, seem much ado if the target is one "us" and no mention if the target is one of "them"
Nixon
Main article: Watergate scandal
In 1974, a Bill of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon was approved by the House Judiciary Committee that included charges that his administration attempted to use the IRS in a discriminatory manner:
RESOLVED, That Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours...
Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States...
He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavoured to... cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.[7
G. W. Bush
The NAACP was audited in 2004 after its chairman criticized then-President George W. Bush for failing to address the group, becoming the first president to do so since Herbert Hoover.[9] The IRS informed the NAACP that the audit was prompted by then-NAACP-chairman Julian Bond's speech, which "condemned the administration policies of George W. Bush on education, the economy and the war in Iraq."[10] Although the IRS maintained that the audit was an attempt to determine whether the NAACP had involved itself in a political campaign, the NAACP and Democratic Party representatives characterized the audit as an attempt to stifle criticism of Bush, intimidate NAACP members, and harm the NAACP's get-out-the-v**e campaign.[9][10]
According to the Huffington Post in 2004, the Wall Street Journal reported that the IRS audited the liberal group Greenpeace at the request of Public Interest Watch, a group funded by Exxon-Mobil. [11] Exxon-Mobil said it was not aware of the IRS audit, nor did it have a role in initiating the audit.[12]
According to the Tampa Bay Times PolitiFact the allegation that the IRS during the Bush Administration targeted liberal groups is "Mostly False".[13]
Obama
Main article: IRS targeting controversy
In May 2013, the IRS admitted it had subjected conservative political groups to closer scrutiny in their applications for tax-exempt status based on particular keywords in their names. The agency has maintained that low-level employees took it upon themselves to do this. However, Republicans argue that the refusal of Lois Lerner (at the time was Director of the IRS's Exempt Organizations Unit) to testify before Congress, twice citing her Constitutional right against self-incrimination, suggests involvement by higher-level employees. An internal report by the agency's Inspector General cited "ineffective management" as the cause and indicated that the IRS "will need to do more so that the public has reasonable assurance that applications are processed without unreasonable delay in a fair and impartial manner in the future." [14] Congress continues to investigate the possibility that Lerner or other high-level officials were involved in improper political targeting. Republican lawmakers say the IRS has improperly withheld and destroyed evidence, while Democrats argue that Republicans are attempting to keep the controversy alive for political purposes.