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Taxes are no joke, unless it’s at the expense of the “Other Guys”

Posted by taxguru on June 5, 2013

From Jay Leno:

More problems for the IRS. Isn’t that the feel-good story of the year? They wasted $50 million over a two-year period on conferences and retreats for employees. They even spent $11,000 on a happiness expert. I have an idea how to make them happier. How about stopping making everybody else’s life miserable? Start with that!

 

IRS executive Lois Lerner has refused to quit and will collect her full pay and benefits while on administrative leave. They asked her to resign. She refused to go. Where in the real world does that ever happen? You get fired and you tell your boss, “I’m going to stay, and I want my money.” And you wonder why we’re $16 trillion in debt.

From Dave Letterman:

We put up with the IRS. They weasel you and take your hard-earned money. They’ve been taking their tax dollars and throwing themselves lavish parties. I was thinking, “Yeah, well, what good is it being a bunch of power-hungry, jack-booted goons if you can’t enjoy yourselves, if you can’t every now and then pat yourself on the back?”

 
Tiger Woods is about to sign another big endorsement deal with Nike. Tiger already has more money than he could ever spend. He’s excited about this deal in particular because it brings him something he doesn’t have, which is even more money.
 
 
 
 
Jay Leno got the good news Monday that he clobbered the other late shows in ratings in May. His ratings soared since he turned conservative and began telling Obama jokes. Jay was not only class clown in high school but he was also voted Most Likely to Be Audited.
 
 
House Republicans vowed to track the IRS scandal to the White House Monday. Now the comedy begins. Republicans could catch Obama in a hotel room with a gun in his hand, a dead intern on the floor and fifty million in Chinese gold and they’d still blow it.
 
The IRS was found Monday to have spent fifty million dollars of taxpayer money on lavish conferences the last two years. The IRS said they paid for the conferences out of unused enforcement money. The Tea Party immediately demanded more IRS conferences.
 
IRS agents who target conservative groups told Congress they likely got their orders from D.C. New groups are calling for a flat tax and elimination of the IRS. They can get right to work because they registered with the IRS under the name Third Term for Obama.

 

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IRS & Gitmo

Posted by taxguru on June 4, 2013

NewsBusted, in today’s episode, has a slightly different connection between the IRS and Guantanamo Bay than Jay Leno had last night.

 

 

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Posted by taxguru on June 4, 2013

From Leno:

President Obama says he is renewing his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay. How about closing the IRS? Why don’t we do that? How about shipping the IRS to Guantanamo Bay?

 

This latest California wildfire is getting pretty scary. But Governor Jerry Brown has it under control. He said he is going to tax and regulate the fire until it gets fed up and moves to another state.

From Conan:

This week President Obama is going to be engaged in high-level talks with the president of China. Yes, President Obama’s message to China is going to be, “I swear we’ll have the money for you by Tuesday.”

 

 From Fred Thompson:

During a congressional hearing, outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller admitted that the IRS provided “horrible customer service” by targeting Tea Party groups. Sure. As if the reason we’re mad is that we don’t get a free pen with every audit.

 

The Internal Revenue Service has created eight offices and special “teams” to handle Obamacare enforcement. Thankfully, we can now afford that thanks to canceling White House tours.

 

In St. Louis, armed Homeland Security agents monitored Tea Party members protesting the IRS. Good idea. When people think their government is out to get them, the best response is to send the government out to get them.

 

 

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Posted by taxguru on June 3, 2013

From Argus Hamilton:

The San Antonio Spurs swept Memphis to make the NBA Finals while the Miami Heat tried to hold off Indianapolis. All four playoff teams left fans bored by their slow pace and tight defense. If they had played any more conservatively they’d be targeted by the IRS.

 

The Quinnipiac Poll said Thursday that seventy-six percent of Americans want a special prosecutor for the IRS scandal. The people don’t understand the process. Just because you get a special prosecutor doesn’t mean that you get the details of the president’s sex life.

 

White House logs revealed IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman visited President Obama one hundred eighty times. We’re witnessing history. President Obama isn’t the first to use the IRS to go after political opponents but he is the first to put them on an Enemas List.

 

 

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Who is auditing the auditors?

Posted by taxguru on June 3, 2013

New IRS chief to face House as agency’s woes grow –  FoxNews

 

IRS controversy turns personal, nasty –  When the facts in a debate don’t work to one’s favor, use personal insults.  It’s right out of the DemonRat playbook.

 

Fear Begets Anger on IRS Scandal –  More on the personal attack strategy to deflect attention from the IRS crimes.

 

IRS woes grow with report of conference spending –  Minor diversion in a town where every government worker, including the Congress Critters, spend taxpayer money  like drunken sailors.

 

Some say the only way to prevent IRS abuses is to get rid of the IRS. Wrong – Jack Kelly

 

Obama’s Campaign Team Comes Out to Defend the IRS –  The future of ObamaCare depends on IRS having more power and authority, not less.

 

Full Dimensions Of IRS Scandal Emerge – From Dick Morris, who has plenty of personal experience with White House scandals.  

 

The Lois Lerner state – From Rich Lowry.  Ms Lerner has become the most famous IRS employee I can recall.  Under the new definition of celebrity in this country, we should soon be seeing her on shows like Dancing With the Stars.

 

Americans Deserve the IRS – Walter Williams chimes in. 

 

The Taxonomy of Scandals: Is Obama Nearing a Breaking Point? – Not likely considering that he has been given full blanket immunity from any wrong-doing because of the color of his skin.  

 

IRS may have targeted conservatives more broadly –  Not everyone feels comfortable admitting that IRS harassed them.  Obviously, many IRS victims fear additional retribution for disclosing the IRS abuses.

 

The IRS passes the buck – Dana Milbank comments on Lois Lerner.

 

An IRS Scandal Inseparable from Obamacare –  Ignoring the laws is becoming an increasingly used tactic by the BHO Regime.

 

IRS’s Shulman had more public White House visits than any Cabinet member –  and who knows how many private visits?

 

IRS Chief’s 118 White House Visits Must Be Explained –  We all know the real reasons.

 

Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum –  If anything comes out of this scandal, it should be an increased desire to eliminate the IRS altogether.

 

IRS higher-ups requested info on conservative groups, letters show –  The harassment plans weren’t due to unilateral schemes by low level IRS flunkies; but from the top, as in the White House.

 

The process is the punishment – From Mark Steyn. 

 

IRS Taps Executive to Restore Integrity in Scandal’s Wake –  That will be a very tough job.

 

Conservative sites tie IRS controversy to liberal group –  Disclosing private tax data to outside groups is supposed to be a crime–  if done by a GOP administration.  It’s business as usual for the DemonRats.

 

Washington launches four different investigations into IRS scandal –  This pretty much guarantees nothing will happen as a result.  With four separate committees each looking at particular parts of the scandal, the public’s attention will be diluted and nobody will see the entire Big Picture.  We need one Watergate Sam Ervin style committee to investigate everything in one setting. 

 

Embattled IRS part of House GOP attack ad campaign –  Finally some Repubs using the kind of hard-ball tactics that the DemonRats excel at.

 

Watergate premonitions? See the YouTube video that lays out how Barack Obama is handling his scandals the same way Richard Nixon once did –  As much as the BHO Regime hates the comparisons to Nixon, they are too similar to ignore.  Unfortunately, we won’t have the same conclusion as we had in 1974.

 

Americans beware — ObamaCare expands how the IRS can hurt you –  They will help decide who lives or dies.  What could go wrong with that arrangement?

 

 

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Posted by taxguru on June 2, 2013

From Argus Hamilton:

Capitol Hill prepared four IRS investigations for targeting conservative groups this week. It’s crazy. So many investigations are raining down on the White House that the governors of Oklahoma and New Jersey just declared the White House a disaster area.

 

Wall Street investors celebrated Tuesday as the Dow Jones averages reached double what they were when Barack Obama took office. Speculators no longer denounce the president for his socialist leanings. They’re starting to wonder what a communist could do.

 

Wall Street soared Tuesday with the Dow Jones doubling where it was when Barack Obama took office. The numbers don’t lie. They cement President Obama’s place as the worst socialist in U.S. history and President Bush’s place as the worst capitalist in U.S. history.

 

President Obama was in Chicago Wednesday for a Democratic Party gala. It’s the city where he gets his spiritual advice. However the president’s séance with the late Mayor Daley was interrupted when Al Capone broke in to gripe about getting targeted by the IRS.

 

The IRS was sued in Washington D.C. by twenty-five conservative groups for targeting them. The scrutiny went on for three years. Rush Limbaugh tried to draw tacklers away from the groups when he introduced his own brand of tea but the IRS didn’t go for the fake.

 

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The IRS Scandal – Updates

Posted by taxguru on June 1, 2013

New revelations are emerging at a Fast & Furious pace.  Drudge has been great at keeping up with many of these.

 

IRS collects docs from 88 employees in investigation –  Those that weren’t shredded.

 

Former IRS Chief’s Wife Works for Leftist Campaign Finance Reform Group –  More proof that the IRS is as politically neutral as the mainstream media are.  They are all activists for the DemonRat Party.

 

IRS Ignores Senate Deadline to Answer Questions About Scandal –  Deadlines only apply to us little people; not to our overlords in DC.

 

GOP says report will expose lavish spending at 2010 IRS conference –  Hey, they worked hard to steal that money from taxpayers, so a little celebrating is only natural.

 

More trouble for the IRS –  More on their wasteful spending, including a video of IRS agents dancing.

 

Newly Released IRS Video Shows Employees Dancing –  More on that video.

 

IRS may have targeted conservatives more broadly –  As in anyone who was vocal in opposition to the DemonRat agenda.

 

The Other IRS Scandal –  IRS has been harassing Pro-Israel groups.  What a surprise from the current pro-Muslim Regime in the White House.

 

 

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TIGTA report on IRS Abuses of Non-Liberal Tax Exempt Applications

Posted by taxguru on May 30, 2013

Rather than rely on second hand accounts, you can download the 54 page pdf report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration on how IRS screwed over tax exempt groups that were not in agreement with everything the BHO Regime has been doing.

It remains to be seen whether anything will change as a result, or if any IRS employees will be punished. 

 

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Posted by taxguru on May 29, 2013

From Argus Hamilton:

Senator Lindsay Graham called for a special prosecutor to probe the IRS targeting of conservatives during the election. Don’t forget Hollywood’s role. TCM ran a golf movie marathon on Election Day that kept conservatives glued to their TV sets til the polls closed.

 

The U.S. Department of Education is reviewing a recent study that suggested different menus and different exercises for boys and girls in U.S. schools to fight obesity. The study claims that male fat is different than female fat. It’s true, male fat is canceled out by wealth.

 

From Fred Thompson:

In a recent speech, President Obama said that Republicans are “still telling tall tales” about Obamacare. Not as tall as that 20,000-page stack of Obamacare regulations.

 

Democrat Congressman Charlie Rangel said that President Obama needs to “give more of an answer” on the IRS scandal. Like what? “I really, really didn’t know”?

 

David Axelrod said Obama couldn’t have known about all these scandals “because the government is so vast” Really? This administration seems more half-vast to me. 

 

Turns out that, just last year, a group of seven Senate Democrats sent a letter to the IRS urging them to investigate conservative political groups. This from the crowd that abhors the notion of profiling at airports. A belligerent North Korea launched three short-range missiles into the waters off its eastern coast. No word on whether they were actually targeting the Tea Party.

 

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Finally an issue that fires up the GOP

Posted by taxguru on May 29, 2013

Rather than continue to bend over and allow BHO to do anything he wants, the GOP finally has an issue to oppose him on; the IRS abuses of political opponents.  This is an excellent video from Mitch McConnell.

 

 

 

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