Why? --- because their charity is not for the benefit of America. do you want muzzies starting non-profits for the benefit of iran or pakistan?
On May 16, 5:02 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > * Visit our other community athttp://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, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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