ahhhh but they didn't whine about the irs doing it's fricking job....there's the difference
By Kim Dixon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal-leaning "Occupy" groups received similar tax scrutiny from the Internal Revenue Service as conservative "Tea Party" groups, according to documents released on Friday by a Democratic lawmaker, who said the IRS had been subjected to one-sided attacks.
Representative Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives' Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released documents from 2010 and 2012 used by IRS staff reviewing tax-exempt applications that suggest the key word "Occupy" was in the same category for added review as Tea Party applications.
"Occupy Wall Street" and similar left-leaning groups have sprouted up in recent years to protest corporate power.
Cummings blasted the chief of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), who issued a report two months ago that said the agency targeted conservative terms like "Tea Party" and "Patriot" when examining applications from non-profit political groups seeking federal tax exemption.
"This investigation ... has been characterized by one-sided and partial information leading to unsubstantiated accusations with no basis in fact," Cummings said in his letter to Representative Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the panel.
Cummings called for TIGTA's chief, J. Russell George to be summoned before the committee.
http://news.yahoo.com/irs-documents-show-liberal-groups-vetted-tea-...
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As much as the fruitcakes blew on Benghazi.
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