Why? A group for the benefit of Israel has every right to operate in the U.S. That doesn't mean that you have to agree with it, contribute to it, or in any way support it, but a tax exempt status should apply to the organization if they meet the criteria
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:00 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > a non-profit for the benefit of israel should not be approved by the > IRS. > if they want a tax break they should move to israel. > > On May 16, 3:08 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.jewishpress.com/news/congress-widens-investigation-of-irs-... > > **** > > > > **** > > Congress Widens IRS Investigation, Pro-Israel Groups Were Targeted**** > > > > *By: Lori Lowenthal > > Marcus<http://www.jewishpress.com/author/lori-lowenthal-marcus/> > > ***** > > > > *Published:* May 15th, 2013 > > *Latest update:* May 16th, 2013**** > > > > **[image: The IRS Acting Commissioner will appear before a House Ways and > > Means Committee hearing on Friday, May 17, 2013, to investigate > > politicization of the IRS]** > > The IRS Acting Commissioner will appear before a House Ways and Means > > Committee hearing on Friday, May 17, 2013, to investigate politicization > of > > the IRS, and a potential widespread coverup. > > Photo Credit: Lori Lowenthal Marcus**** > > > > The chairman and the ranking committee member of the U.S. House Ways and > > Means Committee released a > > letter<http://waysandmeans.house.gov/uploadedfiles/camp-levin_5_4_13.pdf > >the > > committee sent today, May 14, to Steve Miller, Acting Commissioner of > > the Internal Revenue Service. That letter informs Miller that the > committee > > has greatly expanded the scope of its investigation into alleged misdeeds > > by the IRS. > > > > Among other information that congress is now seeking is information about > > the IRS's special scrutiny of organizations whose mission involve Israel. > > > > Last week *The Jewish > > Press*< > http://www.jewishpress.com/news/irs-punished-conservative-non-profits.. > .>connected > > the admitted increased scrutiny of certain conservative > > organizations by the IRS, and the alleged targeting by the agency of Z > > STREET, a pro-Israel organization. That activity gave rise to a lawsuit > > filed against the IRS in 2010. (This reporter is the president of the > > organization that brought that lawsuit.) > > > > Congressmen Dave Camp (R-MI) and Sander Levin (D-MI) signed a 3 page, > > single space, 13 point letter today, making clear that congress was > greatly > > displeased with the lack of candor and responsiveness the IRS has > displayed > > towards their committee's now-nearly two year long investigation of the > > agency. > > > > In addition to seeking information about the IRS dealing with > > organization's whose mission deals with Israel, the Ways and Means > > Committee is also seeking information about any other kinds of > > organizations the IRS chose to scrutinize based upon those organization's > > political views. > > > > The tone of the letter makes clear that Acting Commissioner Miller is in > > for a grueling hearing this Friday. The congressmen use euphemisms, but > > what they are accusing the IRS of doing was lying to the Committee, > > repeatedly - either by commission or omission - about actions it has now > > admitted taking. Now they want to know, essentially, who decided that the > > committee would be told lies, and how far up the chain of command did the > > lying go, in addition to the underlying inappropriate conduct. > > > > Congress is also demanding to know what information about the > now-admitted, > > and perhaps additional to be admitted misdeeds was shared with the > Treasury > > Department and with the White House, and when that information was > shared. > > > > One of the most jarring paragraphs in any letter sent to a government > > agency by a congressional committee is found in the May 14 letter from > > Congressmen Camp and Levin:**** > > > > The IRS, through its officials, is legally and ethically bound to tell > the > > truth to Congress and the American people. In this situation, the IRS > had a > > continuing obligation to update and correct information provided to > > Congress if it was later determined to be incomplete or inaccurate. Why > did > > your agency fail to be completely forthcoming with the Committee in its > > responses to the Committee's ongoing investigation and in testimony > before > > the Committee regarding the IRS's practice of targeting conservative > groups? > > **** > > > > It is also clear that the Ways and Means Committee will be holding > > additional hearings into alleged widespread misdeeds. The new material > > congress seeks must be supplied to the Ways and Means Committee by May > 21, > > a week from today. > > > > Perhaps the only thing that is not yet clear is who made the decisions to > > employ the vast power of the IRS to engage in inappropriate, bullying > > activity of particular groups of Americans, and how and who made the > > decisions to cover up that activity. It appears congress intends to find > > out the answers to those questions. > > > > It's going to be a long, hot summer for the IRS.**** > > > > ** ** > > > > image001.jpg > > 168KViewDownload > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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