IRS commissioner quits over conservative tax scrutiny

[Gerald]

Demand for the paper on the table,pronto!

The head of the US tax agency has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President Barack Obama has announced.Treasury Secretary Jack Lew had asked for and accepted the resignation of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Acting Commissioner Steve Miller, he said.

"I will do everything in my power to make sure nothing like this happens again," Mr Obama told news media.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22549339

Note: 16 May 2013 Last updated at 00:35 GMT

[CaptainHaplo]

The guy that they wanted to resign - wasn't even the one on the job when this all started. He came in as an interim guy in 2012. This started back in 2010 or earlier.

Besides - he already had been planning on leaving - this just sped things up a little to make it look like the regime is doing something....

Total fall guy who will get a golden parachute and land some other gig for being faithful and jumping when told to.

Smokescreen to make the administration look like it gives a rat's behind.

[Gerald]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/us/politics/irs-scandal-congressional-hearings.html?hp&_r=0

[mookiemookie]

The IRS needs to end tax exemption for any and all politically motivated groups. Churches included. Unfortunately, their rules on that are very murky at best. Make a clear, bright line test: if you're involved in politics, if you campaign for an issue or a candidate, you get taxed. Boom. Done. Everyone's treated fairly, everyone pays.

The IRS has too much leeway and selectively applying rules ends up with garbage like this going on.

[AVGWarhawk]

Can we say pawned?

[soopaman2]

The IRS needs to end tax exemption for any and all politically motivated groups. Churches included. Unfortunately, their rules on that are very murky at best. Make a clear, bright line test: if you're involved in politics, if you campaign for an issue or a candidate, you get taxed. Boom. Done. Everyone's treated fairly, everyone pays.

The IRS has too much leeway and selectively applying rules ends up with garbage like this going on.


I am in agreement.

What makes a church more important than a citizen?

I take freedom of religion, as freedom "from" religion as well.

Which is pretty much why I am liberal (D) leaning.

Unless Chris Christie runs... But he got kicked out the GOP good old boys club for praising Obama for his reaction to the Hurricane Sandy thing, that effected me and many others.

So how is this linked to Obama? After all, I am sure most here think him, Hillary, and Eric Holder ordered it personal.

(Edit: I seen a few articles trying to include the president in this, and it is unfair, hence my partisan venom. The IRS IS POISON. Money is non partisan.

I am one of the quacks who sees it (income tax) as unconstitutional.:sunny: