ABC Analyst: West Wing of White House authorized IRS-Gate targeting

ABC Analyst: West Wing of White House authorized IRS-Gate targeting. “I will tell you this on the IRS front. … It simply just does not happen at an agency level like that without political advisers likely in the West Wing certainly connected to the president’s ongoing campaign organization.” Duh. One thing about bureaucrats – they generally “go by the book” untill instructed otherwise.

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  • I suggest that all on here write letters to the editors in their local papers that explain the discrimination of the IRS and that the IRS will be running 0bama HellCare. While we all know that the biggest tax hike in history was primarily a way to gain total control of the populace. These incidents demonstrate what will happen in the future and how those totalitarian countries had 99% of the populace voting for Dear Leader.

    Have the right political ideology or are a relative the elite political class and get that operation immediately. Not in that group, keep getting requests for more info and bureaucratic delays until you die.

  • “I will tell you this on the IRS front. … It simply just does not happen at an agency level like that without political advisers likely in the West Wing certainly connected to the president’s ongoing campaign organization.”

    WOW...Carney spoke some truth! Mark this day on the calendar!!! Hey Obama, might want to go spank Jay for saying something like that, as if it isnt obvious enough already you and jarret are intimately involved!

  • As an aside, most of this IRS harassment would not have been possible if we did not have a 75,000 page Tax Code.

    • Wouldn't it be nice if Congress could get together and pass a 150,000 page set of rules/regulations/penalties for IRS agents to conduct audits? Including the last rule, that if any agent is convicted of violating any of the aforementioned rules and regulations, they shall be punished by a minimum of $100,000.00 fine and a minimum of 50 years in Federal Prison.

    • Obama has promised to simplify the tax code. He has proposed a simple 2 line tax return.
      1: How much did you earn?
      2: Send it in to the IRS.

  • I knew it! I knew it! We were never allowed to do anything important, especially something that would or could come back and bite us in the butt, without first getting our marching orders from somone way higher on the totem pole that we are.