Teabaggers whine about IRS not giving them tax exempt status they don't deserve

[Renew Deal]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is embroiled in battles with tea party and other conservative groups who claim the government is purposely frustrating their attempts to gain tax-exempt status.

The fight features instances in which the IRS has asked for voluminous details about the groups' postings on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, information on donors and key members' relatives, and copies of all literature they have distributed to their members, according to documents provided by some organizations.

While refusing to comment on specific cases, IRS officials said they are merely trying to gather enough information to decide whether groups qualify for the tax exemption. Most organizations are applying under section 501 (c) (4) of the federal tax code, which grants tax-exempt status to certain groups as long as they are not primarily involved in activity that could influence an election, a determination that is up to the IRS.
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http://news.yahoo.com/irs-battling-conservatives-over-tax-exempt-status-194404622.html

[hobbit709]

1. Like any two year old, if they don't get their way, whine and have a temper tantrum.

[drm604]

2. If you don't want government influence

then don't ask for tax exemptions. Easy peasy.

If you want an exemption, than you have to follow certain rules. If your goals are at odds with those rules then, guess what? Pay your damned taxes like everyone else.

[Monk06]

3. Since teabaggers want to destroy the government and openly support candidates who share

their sympathies that would fall under the rubric of activities that could influence elections.
That and voter suppression, not revealing your status as a PAC and other nefarious activities
devoted to corrupting the electoral system.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Aren't so-called 'special rights' the kinds of things they oppose?

Yet they object when the same laws and regulations that apply to every other 501 (c) (4) are applied to them.

They sound like a bunch of elitist, entitlement whiners.

[obxhead]

6. No

They only oppose special rights for other people. They however fully deserve them.

True story.

At a large extended family event a year ago one of my distant cousins ranted for about 2 hours about who gets welfare and food stamps, how easy it is to get, and how widely it is abused.

She gets welfare and food stamps though. However the difference is she DESERVES to get that assistance.

This is how they think. They deserve it and everyone else is cheating and abusing the system.

[Javaman]

5. In other words the ball lickers want a de facto ruling without

having to provide proof.

as always the ball lickers think they are special and above the law.

this should work out reeeeally well for them. especially since that asshole ball licker "leader" was charged with IRS violation of unpaid taxes.

LOL

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. I swear, you can' make this shit up

I mean, NO EDITOR, in their sane mind would believe it.

[Major Hogwash]

8. But, what about us DU members?? Why don't we get special tax breaks?

How come we don't get special treatment for being special people??

Huh??