IRS and Customer Service
Kerby Anderson |
As I have said frequently on radio, it would be easier to defend such a position if the IRS could find at least one progressive group that was subjected to the same kind of scrutiny that conservative groups experienced. We now know that groups that had words like “tea party” or “patriot” were targeted. So were groups who identified themselves and pro-life or pro-Second Amendment.
Does the IRS scandal go to the top? Charles Krauthammer argues in a recent column that he doubts that a memo was sent to the IRS from anyone working in this administration. Instead, he says, we had a political climate that made the targeting of these groups inevitable.
The president denounced the Supreme Court decision that allowed for more 501 (c)(4) groups to be formed. He even did this in a State of the Union speech with many of the Supreme Court Justices sitting in front of him. During the election he called the “special interest groups” that were running ads to help Republicans “not just a threat to Democrats” but “a threat to our democracy.” Add to this the letters from Democratic Senators to the IRS demanding intense scrutiny of 501(c)(4) applications. All of this created a climate that encouraged the targeting of these groups.
None of the actions by these politicians is illegal. But creating such a climate of intolerance is shameful and most likely the reason that many of these groups never received their tax exempt status in time to make a difference in the 2012 election. And I might mention that some of these groups are still waiting for their tax-exempt status.
The IRS actions were more that just examples of “bad customer service.” They took their cues from people above them who wanted them to target conservative groups with bureaucratic investigations designed to delay and deny. I’m Kerby Anderson, and that’s my point of view.
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Kerby Anderson is a radio talk show host heard on numerous Christian Stations via the Point of View Network.
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