A Thought

About the IRS singling out Tea Party groups applying for tax-exempt status, I understand the fellow in charge was appointed by President Bush.  A thought:  Whose skin does the Tea Party get under most?  Whose primary election parades have they rained on?  Mainstream and old guard Republicans!   So, if there was political motivation behind hassling Tea Party groups to provide more information than other applicants, maybe Democrats weren't to blame?  Time will tell.  We're only beginning to wade into this water.

 

One more thing:  Remember the big brick house on K Street in DC that was owned and occupied by a group of Congressmen who categorized it as a church for tax purposes?  (Rachel Maddow did some in-depth reporting on it a few years ago, and I read about it in Jeff Sharlet's The Family.)  Who knows?  Maybe the IRS is just taking more precautions these days.  Gotta watch people who think they're "taxed enough already" when, in reality, they're paying the lowest taxes since the 1950's.  

 

We'll stay tuned.