The IRS has admitted targeting groups that wanted to speak
on issues during the 2012 election season. But did the agency also target
tax-exempt groups that opposed Administration policy priorities?
A Pennsylvania pro-Israel group called Z Street says it
filed for 501(c)(3) status in December 2009, intending to operate purely as an
educational group. Founder Lori Lowenthal Marcus says that its tax counsel
called the IRS in July 2010 to check on the slow pace of approval, and the IRS
acknowledged its targeted enforcement.
Asked about the slow pace of approval, the IRS auditor on
the case, Diane Gentry, said the application was taking so long because
auditors were supposed to give special scrutiny to groups "connected with
Israel." Ms. Marcus says Ms. Gentry further explained that many
applications related to Israel had to be sent to "a special unit in D.C. to
determine whether the organization's activities contradict the Administration's
public policies."
Here is a graphic that gives a summary of what was happening regarding the approval of such groups leading up to the 2012 election. These are groups who had in their titles or descriptions the phrases 'Tea Party' or 'Progressive'.
If anyone will still refuse to acknowledge that our current
administration is behaving as a ‘Dictatorial State’ – well; you may be smoking
crack! Our government is now in blatant violation of our individual
constitutional rights. These are the very same behaviors and actions of the
enforcement agencies within governments run by dictators and tyrants.
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