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Will Justice Department grant request?
After IRS official Lois Lerner exercised her Fifth Amendment right not to testify before the House Committee on May 22, Chairman Darrell Issa said he would seek Department of Justice cooperation in granting Lerner criminal immunity in return for her...Tags: Eric Holder, Pompano Beach, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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No need to fear IRS
Many of us harbor the fear of an IRS letter when opening our mailbox. After watching the congressional hearings and listening to the testimony of Lois Lerner, who heads the exempt organizations unit at the IRS, I realized this fear was unwarranted. All...Tags: Taxation, Politics
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Letters to the Editor - May 24
Let us do more than just change gun laws To the editor: A look at the world through gun ownership will confirm that a higher percentage of gun availability increases the murder rate. For example, I traveled to Morocco and was told that gun ownership...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Parties and Movements, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Murder, Politics
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IRS puts head of problem office on leave
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has replaced the head of the office under fire for improperly targeting conservative groups, a day after she invoked the 5th Amendment and refused to answer questions before a congressional committee. Lois...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Taxation, Parties and Movements, Crime, Law and Justice
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IRS scandal fails to dent Obama's standing
For more than two years, GOP lawmakers have sought - and failed - to find a scandal to take down the presidency of Barack Obama. It's not been for lack of trying. There was Solyndra, an expensive, failed effort to underwrite a firm promising solar...Tags: Republican Party, Taxation, Crime, Law and Justice, Rand Paul, Lawyers
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Does the IRS scandal give the tea party a boost?
The tea party must be loving this IRS scandal. I mean, the tea party hates everything the IRS represents — taxes, big government, you name it. And now, with the IRS stonewalling over the tax exempt status scandal, the tea party must be...
Tags: Taxation, Parties and Movements, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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Voice of the People, May. 24
Loss of a dog I read a newspaper every day. No matter what city I am in, I immediately tune into the editorial and op-ed pages. I have read columns from so many diverse writers, Jonah Goldberg to Mike Royko. The column "Losing the gift of best dog ever"...Tags: Richard Nixon, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Taxation, Politics, Barack Obama
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LETTER: Much Outrage About Not Much
IRS scandal? Benghazi scandal? Obamagate? Spare me! These are all ploys by conservatives to diminish this president and his potential successor. Benghazi? Where was the outrage when, under George W. Bush, there were at least 13 attacks on American...Tags: Benghazi, George W. Bush, Karl Rove
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LETTER: IRS Flap Much Ado About Nothing
The current IRS scandal is a textbook example of the oldest political trick in the book. The Inspector General's report states that tea party organizations constitute fewer than one-third of the applications for tax-exempt status that were flagged as...Tags: Taxation, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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LETTER: No One Taking Responsibility
A leading official of the IRS has taken the Fifth instead of honestly answering questions about the admitted targeting of hundreds of groups seeking tax-exempt status based on their political views [May 23, news, "At Hearing IRS Official Mum"]. The...Tags: Taxation, Politics, Barack Obama
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LETTER: Not Much Ado About Losing Freedom
Concerning the letter "IRS Flap Much Ado About Nothing" [May 23]: In America's earlier times, the IRS debacle would have been precisely that: a massive controversy (think Nixon, whose impeachment charges included the misuse of IRS information). Now, the...Tags: Taxation, Politics
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Arrogance, Intolerance Filters Down From Dear Leader
The Hartford Courant"Horrible customer service." That's what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency's only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor....Tags: News Media, Taxation, Consumers, U.S. Department of Justice, Crime, Law and Justice
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