Obama outstrips Nixon in the misuse of the IRS, using it nationwide to put down the dissent of the Tea Party. http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/11/send-us-everything/ quote: In a Chicago style attempt to smother the movement before the 2012 election, the Obama administration is using the IRS to attack tea party groups. The Waco Tea Party submitted an application for tax-exempt status in 2010. Nearly two years after the IRSs 90-day response window elapsed, the group finally received a reply a list of over 50 demands. The three-year-old organization was asked to compile every Facebook post and tweet it had ever produced. It was told to submit transcriptions of its weekly radio show a request that would cost $25,000 to comply with, more than twice the groups annual budget. It was ordered to explain any close relationships with candidates. And when the Waco Tea Party asked the IRS to clarify close relationship and candidate, the IRS replied, Send us everything. The Waco Tea Party is not alone. The IRS has demanded that an Ohio group produce a synopsis of each book it has recommended to members, along with the authors names, the books titles and details about the authors relationships with a local conservative activist. Obamas IRS has requested that a Kentucky group release information about its boards family members the IRS has demanded sensitive information about leaders resumes, donors, groups future plans Marcus Owens, the former chief of the IRSs tax exemption unit, told Roll Call that the extensiveness of the IRSs inquiries is an overreach. By abusing the IRSs authority, the Obama administration is suppressing the movements freedom of speech. This is the kind of personal information that this government is going to be demanding from your church, your doctor, your hospital, your business and your favorite charity going forward. Obamas IRS is unfairly working to shut down tea party groups or at the very least force successful organizations to turn their attention away from the important issues they fight for every day. Taxcutter says: OK, O-bots. What is your excuse for this outrage? Has the IRS joined the EPA and NASA in the group of agencies so politicized by the Obama junta that their very existence should be revisited?
