The Real IRS Scandle

"No one should be shocked that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is once again using its power to harass grassroots patriot groups and local Tea Party organizations, as reported in the news recently.

"The real scandal is that the IRS did not go after Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS, the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity, or the pro-Obama propaganda groups Organizing for America and Priorities USA. These are the four major tax-exempt “social welfare” organizations under the IRS code, who are deciding who is running our country.

"The Obama administration’s IRS is adopting the same tactics used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Obama’s IRS is auditing and investigating minor fringe players instead of major donors that uphold the two-party system. This is the same tactic the EPA uses to go after small independent gas stations who toss out oil, while ignoring egregious violations of environmental law by oil giants British Petroleum and Exxon."

http://greenshadowcabinet.us/statements/fitrakis-real-irs-scandal

I should like to see the idea of a "tax exempt" organization go the way of the do-do. Such things allow governments to choose winners and losers. I'd get rid of that status entirely and lower rates.

And how about tax-exempt status for churches?

ziggy wrote:And how about tax-exempt status for churches?

Does that include Mosques, the Sierra Club and other Satanic organizations??