Apparently, the liberal left progressive democrats believe using the IRS to target Obama's enemies is okay if you can get a judge to justify it, or at least ignore it.
Lawsuits against the IRS by Tea Party groups because they were targeted and not given tax-exempt status are being dismissed. Why? Eventually, the IRS gave the groups what they wanted, tax-exempt status. Therefore, the judges have ruled, the court cases are a moot point.
The judge, a Bush appointee, also said that individual IRS officials could not be fined in their individual capacity for allowing such treatment because it could hurt future tax enforcement.
The ruling also suggests tea party groups suing the IRS may never receive compensation for the long waits they endured for a ruling on their status.
The lawsuits are the result of Tea Party applications sitting in limbo for as long as several years, while the IRS asked inappropriate questions about their donors, political affiliations and random things like social media posts.
“You get targeted and harassed for three years but, oh, because you finally get [tax-exempt status], the three years of harassment doesn’t mean anything?” asked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who heads a congressional subpanel investigating the controversy. “I find that argument lacking tremendously in light of what these people went through.”
The agency has since changed its practices, including scrapping the lists that separated conservative groups from other applicants.
The liberal left treats this like the Saxbe Fix they used when Hillary Clinton was appointed to Secretary of State. They think it means the offense never happened, or at least their propaganda machine in the mainstream media will spin it that way. The fact is, the IRS targeted Obama's opposition, and I believe he was wise to it. Changing their policies doesn't change the fact that liberalism does what it can to target, and punish, the enemies of President Barack Obama.
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