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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublicans Busted for Trying to Use Fake IRS Scandal To Protect the Koch Brothers
Republicans Busted for Trying to Use Fake IRS Scandal To Protect the Koch BrothersBy: Sarah Jones at Politicus USA
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/26/republicans-busted-fake-irs-scandal-protect-koch-brothers.html
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Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI) busted Republicans on Wednesday for trying to delay implementing new regulations concerning 501(c)(4) organizations.
Pointing out that the (c)(4) designation protects secrecy, Levin said, That is exactly the secrecy that the Republicans are trying to preserve. Why? Because the three largest spenders representing fully 51% of the total are a whos who list of Republican political operatives. Karl Roves Crossroads GPS spent $71 million. Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers, spent $36 million. The American Future Fund, also the Koch brothers, spent $25 million.
Naturally Republicans, who wasted 14 million dollars and counting on ginning up this fake IRS scandal, want to make sure that actual political activities are not taken into account when determining if a group can qualify for tax exemption.
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But Republicans were so concerned! SO CONCERNED that they spent $14 million dollars to investigate the IRS and yet they dont want to implement the changes suggested to the IRS. Changes that Levin pointed out were designed to bring certainty in determining whether an organizations primary activities are political.
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Republicans Busted for Trying to Use Fake IRS Scandal To Protect the Koch Brothers (Original Post)
applegrove
Feb 2014
OP
i tried to post the yesterday to lbn but got so much crap about words not being in the right
leftyohiolib
Feb 2014
#4
rock
(13,218 posts)1. Republicans stink
You don't have to wait three days.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)2. K&R and keep it coming.
SalmonChantedEvening
(31,952 posts)3. This has been a sham since it started.
Anyone who didn't pick up on that early on was willfully ignoring the facts. Thank you useless media, for your assistance in this.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)4. i tried to post the yesterday to lbn but got so much crap about words not being in the right
places that i killed the post. potus said he would veto it
louis-t
(23,296 posts)5. That's my rep!
glinda
(14,807 posts)6. Kick
stillcool
(32,626 posts)7. that's quite an article..
Seeing the increase in $$$ amounts is astounding. That kind of money I can't comprehend.