The IRS Scandal

This IRS "scandal" is,indeed, rather scandalous. The IRS was totally wrong to single out the Tea Party groups on the basis of their names. However, 501C(4) are given tax exempt status only if they are "social welfare" groups but primarily political groups are expressly forbidden. Let's first remember that NONE of these groups was denied tax exempt status. And THAT is where the scandal lies. All political groups, including liberal political groups, should have been scrutinized due to their political nature and all of the political groups should have been denied.

This is all a result of the corrupt Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court. As these groups proliferated, it overloaded the IRS offices and so they looked for "short cuts" to identify potential abuse. But let me repeat, they were wrong to audit only Conservative groups, but they were equally wrong to grant any of then tax exempt status. As far as I can tell, Karl Rove'r group AND Obama's OFA should also have been denied tax exempt status.