I am against ANY religion based "non-profit" status!!! Tax them all!!!
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. > > > -- brine http://brineb.blogspot.com/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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