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IRS Targeting Right Wing Groups

Incorrect. I made a conclusion based on a hypothetical with the facts given and my reasoning explained.

All you have is a definition of what qualifies. You have no details on the operations of the exact groups applying. So you cannot judge wether they qualify or not.
 
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Also if the group meets all the requirements to be tax free then what you consider them is irrelevant.

What I would want to see is the number of groups that filed for tax exempt status in 2011 and 2012, the number of cases reviewed by the IRS and what percentage the targeted groups were of each relative to the overall percentage of filers.

Fixed and agreed.
 
why should political groups applications not receive more scrutiny than nonpolitical groups when the primary criteria for tax exempt status is that the group not be a political group?
 
you are being obtuse just to piss me off.
They are a political group, not a social welfare group.
Even stoked can see this.

If they genuinely believe that lower taxes is better for the general welfare, and most of their money go to advertising that, they are a social welfare group. That's the law.

I didn't say they should be charged with a crime.

I was responding to JimLes, not you, in that post.

I also say that this grey area of the law should be cleaned up,

No matter how narrowly the line is drawn, someone will find the grey area.

The IRS are the only good guys here.

No, they are not.
 
For the pickier readers I guess...

If I told you that 80% of the groups reviewed were conservative groups, would that be fair or unfair?

If I tell you that 80% of the groups reviewed were conservative groups, and 80% of the groups that applied were conservative groups, would that be fair or unfair?
 
If I told you that 80% of the groups reviewed were conservative groups, would that be fair or unfair?

If I tell you that 80% of the groups reviewed were conservative groups, and 80% of the groups that applied were conservative groups, would that be fair or unfair?

Again, all you did was distinguish what I was asking for in a wordier way.
 
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so what....?
you are making up statistics, all hypothetical, but even if that were true, so what?
I have already addressed this issue, you ignored what I wrote.
No evidence has been given that groups are being targeted because they are conservative.
More likely they are being targeted because they are political.
Show me evidence that the other groups applying are just as political in nature and name.
Maybe 80% of the political groups applying for tax exempt status happen to be conservative.
 
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