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G_j

(40,367 posts) Wed May 15, 2013, 09:54 AM May 2013

I think we need a time line of IRS abuses over the years, at least as far back as the Vietnam war. I'm hoping for some perspective, as they have obviously targeted people on the left in the past.
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/14/when_the_irs_targeted_liberals/singleton/

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Has there been criminal investigations of the IRS in the past? (Original Post) G_j May 2013 OP

In the Nixon era, H2O Man May 2013 #1

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1. In the Nixon era,

Wed May 15, 2013, 09:58 AM

May 2013

the executive branch's use of the IRS to harass "enemies" was part of the Watergate abuses of power.