ANOTHER OBAMA SCANDAL - IRS forced to pay 3.5 million Posted: Aug 15th, 2018 - 4:48 pm
Yeah - so much for Obama and his supporters that claim Obama never tried to silence anyone disagreeing w/Obama and endless Obama failed policies. We all know that for the lie the Libs keep spouting! Full article available at link.
In 2010, the IRS under the Obama administration began doing something unprecedented in the tax collector’s history: Using partisan politics as a weapon against those who would oppose President Obama.
As exposed by investigative journalists, government watchdog groups, and the government’s own independent oversight agency, the IRS began systematically pulling Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny whenever they applied for tax-exempt status. The targeting took the form of additional questions, delayed decisions, and other manufactured obstacles that other non-profits never had to face. Finally, this year, a judge decided in favor of the targeted groups – numbering more than 100 – and ordered the IRS to issue each of them an apology.
This week, the IRS had to give up more than their pride. A judge signed off on a settlement between the IRS and their victims which will see the government pay more than $3.5 million to put the case behind them forever. The irony, if there is any, is that most of the targeted groups would see this enormous expenditure of taxpayer money a blight on Washington under ordinary circumstances. Unfortunately, without such a penalty – which will see each group get somewhere in the neighborhood of $17,000 – there is little guarantee that such political targeting will not occur again in the future.
“It shows that when a government agency desires to target citizens based on their viewpoints, a price will be paid,” said Edward Greim, a lawyer for the plaintiffs.
LINK: www.restoreamericanglory.com/breaking-news/settlement-irs-agrees-to-pay-tea-party-groups-3-5-million/
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