by Jane Richey | Jun 27, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
There’s no evidence that the Internal Revenue Service used the term “progressives” in the same way it used “tea party” to scrutinize groups applying for tax-exempt status, says the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). In...
by Jane Richey | Jun 14, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration revealed in a recently released audit report that in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 more than 1,000 Internal Revenue Service employees misused government charge cards issued by Citibank. The report said that during the...
by Jane Richey | Jun 14, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The IRS is looking to hire a “diversity and inclusion” specialist, with a minimum salary of $123,758 a year.The opening for a full-time “Supervisory Diversity and Inclusion Specialist” at the agency’s national headquarters in Washington, D.C. was announced on June 11...
by Jane Richey | Jun 7, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
In a belated and incomplete response to the House Ways and Means Committee’s request for Internal Revenue Service documents relating to the agency’s targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups for heightened scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status, Acting...
by Jane Richey | May 31, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
The bureaucratic cat’s out of the bag, and the evidence is undeniable. The Obama IRS has been illegally targeting conservative, Christian and Jewish groups and individuals for political retaliation, intimidation and, ultimately, destruction. These revelations have...