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Monday, December 30, 2013

The IRS Scandal, Day 235

IRS Logo 2Forbes op-ed:  President Obama's Top 10 Constitutional Violations of 2013, by Ilya Shapiro (Cato Institute):

[A]s we reach the end of another year of political strife that’s fundamentally based on clashing views on the role of government in society, I thought I’d update a list I made two years ago and hereby present President Obama’s top 10 constitutional violations of 2013. ...

6. Political profiling by the IRS. After seeing a rise in the number of applications for tax-exempt status, the IRS in 2010 compiled a “be on the lookout” (“BOLO”) list to identify organizations engaged in political activities. The list included words such as “Tea Party,” “Patriots,” and “Israel”; subjects such as government spending, debt, or taxes; and activities such as criticizing the government, educating about the Constitution, or challenging Obamacare. The targeting continued through May of this year.

https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2013/12/the-irs-scandal-27.html

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