MikeL wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MikeL wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you do this kind of thing (looking for scams), the entire thing made perfect sense -- if you're looking for people running scams trying to get themselves tax exempt, you look at newly-emerging issues that capture public attention. That is prime ground for scammers. Every major catastrophe and other world event leads to tons of unscrupulous people trying to cash in by preying on people who want to contribute to a cause by making fake or very, very suspect "charities".

So while it lead to "perceptions" as the report said, it really was just the IRS doing its job.

Not only wasn't the IRS doing its job when it approved a bogus "charity" for Obama's half brother, but Ms Lerner personally approved it. Funny how that happens.

Maybe the GOP should convene a select committee to look into that

So you support the bogus charity and Ms. Lerner's approval?

I just pulled their 990s. It appears that it was a not very successful charity funded nearly in its entirety by a loan from Obama's half brother, which would not be deductible as a contribution because it is a loan. And for which it appears he was never repaid because the charity never got off the ground. This charity was approved by the Cincinnati office in the form of a standard letter with a stamp bearing Lois Lerner's name. Not exactly the stuff of which scandals are made. Sorry but another bust.

Thanks for looking in to that. The wingnuts are so tedious with their "scandals".
Guarantee you the original poster about that continues to spout his nonsense.

Thank you. I am kind of surprised no one went through the trouble of reading the 990s. they are only six pages long. I suppose if this story ever got bigger, someone in real media would have cared enough to do it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MikeL wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you do this kind of thing (looking for scams), the entire thing made perfect sense -- if you're looking for people running scams trying to get themselves tax exempt, you look at newly-emerging issues that capture public attention. That is prime ground for scammers. Every major catastrophe and other world event leads to tons of unscrupulous people trying to cash in by preying on people who want to contribute to a cause by making fake or very, very suspect "charities".

So while it lead to "perceptions" as the report said, it really was just the IRS doing its job.

Not only wasn't the IRS doing its job when it approved a bogus "charity" for Obama's half brother, but Ms Lerner personally approved it. Funny how that happens.

Maybe the GOP should convene a select committee to look into that

So you support the bogus charity and Ms. Lerner's approval?

I just pulled their 990s. It appears that it was a not very successful charity funded nearly in its entirety by a loan from Obama's half brother, which would not be deductible as a contribution because it is a loan. And for which it appears he was never repaid because the charity never got off the ground. This charity was approved by the Cincinnati office in the form of a standard letter with a stamp bearing Lois Lerner's name. Not exactly the stuff of which scandals are made. Sorry but another bust.

Thanks for looking in to that. The wingnuts are so tedious with their "scandals".
Guarantee you the original poster about that continues to spout his nonsense.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Another witch hunt bites the dust.

Does the GOP have anything to offer America besides shutdowns, inquisitions, and symbolic votes to repeal?

Of course:

Hooker scandals about loving to wear diapers while paying for sex,

Threatening to throw journalists off balconies in the Capitol,

Having gay sex in airport bathrooms,

Having gay sex with minor high school students while teaching and covering it up making payoffs by lying to banks,

The list goes on and on...

Tens of millions of taxpayer dollars wasted on "select committee" witch hunts that run longer than any in history yet which utterly fail to reveal any new findings and which turn out to be a complete flop...

And their prior legacy before just becoming the party of inquisitions and obstructions and shutdowns was tax cuts for the rich and policies that favor banks and the megacorporates that only served to make the rich richer and greedier while making wages stagnate for the rest of us, even though productivity has continued to climb - trickle down economic policy where nothing ever trickles down.

Anonymous wrote:

MikeL wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you do this kind of thing (looking for scams), the entire thing made perfect sense -- if you're looking for people running scams trying to get themselves tax exempt, you look at newly-emerging issues that capture public attention. That is prime ground for scammers. Every major catastrophe and other world event leads to tons of unscrupulous people trying to cash in by preying on people who want to contribute to a cause by making fake or very, very suspect "charities".

So while it lead to "perceptions" as the report said, it really was just the IRS doing its job.

Not only wasn't the IRS doing its job when it approved a bogus "charity" for Obama's half brother, but Ms Lerner personally approved it. Funny how that happens.

Maybe the GOP should convene a select committee to look into that

So you support the bogus charity and Ms. Lerner's approval?

I just pulled their 990s. It appears that it was a not very successful charity funded nearly in its entirety by a loan from Obama's half brother, which would not be deductible as a contribution because it is a loan. And for which it appears he was never repaid because the charity never got off the ground. This charity was approved by the Cincinnati office in the form of a standard letter with a stamp bearing Lois Lerner's name. Not exactly the stuff of which scandals are made. Sorry but another bust.

MikeL wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you do this kind of thing (looking for scams), the entire thing made perfect sense -- if you're looking for people running scams trying to get themselves tax exempt, you look at newly-emerging issues that capture public attention. That is prime ground for scammers. Every major catastrophe and other world event leads to tons of unscrupulous people trying to cash in by preying on people who want to contribute to a cause by making fake or very, very suspect "charities".

So while it lead to "perceptions" as the report said, it really was just the IRS doing its job.

Not only wasn't the IRS doing its job when it approved a bogus "charity" for Obama's half brother, but Ms Lerner personally approved it. Funny how that happens.

Maybe the GOP should convene a select committee to look into that

So you support the bogus charity and Ms. Lerner's approval?

Anonymous wrote:Another witch hunt bites the dust.

Does the GOP have anything to offer America besides shutdowns, inquisitions, and symbolic votes to repeal?

Of course:

Hooker scandals about loving to wear diapers while paying for sex,

Threatening to throw journalists off balconies in the Capitol,

Having gay sex in airport bathrooms,

Having gay sex with minor high school students while teaching and covering it up making payoffs by lying to banks,

The list goes on and on...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you do this kind of thing (looking for scams), the entire thing made perfect sense -- if you're looking for people running scams trying to get themselves tax exempt, you look at newly-emerging issues that capture public attention. That is prime ground for scammers. Every major catastrophe and other world event leads to tons of unscrupulous people trying to cash in by preying on people who want to contribute to a cause by making fake or very, very suspect "charities".

So while it lead to "perceptions" as the report said, it really was just the IRS doing its job.

Not only wasn't the IRS doing its job when it approved a bogus "charity" for Obama's half brother, but Ms Lerner personally approved it. Funny how that happens.

Maybe the GOP should convene a select committee to look into that

Another witch hunt bites the dust.

Does the GOP have anything to offer America besides shutdowns, inquisitions, and symbolic votes to repeal?