The scandal involving the IRS, one of the key agencies charged with enforcing ObamaCare is adding fuel to the political fire over the controversial new law according to a report at the link below.
Republicans in the House are directly linking the news that the IRS was inappropriately targeting tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status to its battle to get rid of ObamaCare.
Top House leaders are making it clear that railing against the health care law remains a central focus in the next midterm election.
Republicans on Capitol Hill say most Americans don't yet realize that the IRS is charged with key parts of ObamaCare, including enforcing the mandate that individuals carry health insurance.
Now that the agency has lost credibility they plan to capitalize on the increased public attention by calling into question whether the IRS is up to the task.
Given the political potency and fact that Obama is still dogged by the issue, Republicans are determined to continue linking the two issues.
Americans will rue the day ObamaCare was foisted on them - especially after they learn just how toxic the IRS and ObamaCare mix really is.
The report at the link below quotes an article in the Wall Street Journal:
The White House’s chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday.
Obama knew. He didn’t just “read about it in the newspaper,” or whatever horsecrap he said last week.
He knew it was going on, and he was okay with it. Just like he knew Benghazi wasn’t a spontaneous protest triggered by a dumb YouTube video. Just like he knows Eric Holder is a lying thug. It’s his administration, and he’s well aware of the example he’s set.
The only alternative is that he’s utterly, criminally incompetent. Either way, he’s unfit for office.
Strong words in the quote above but what else can we expect when the president acts more and more like a dictator who knows he can do anything he wants with impunity.
After the IRS Scandal many Americans will be wondering how many of the proposed U.S. government drones will be used by the IRS?
The outgoing leader of the Internal Revenue Service drew audible “wows” from Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday for saying he doesn’t think what the agency did to tea party groups was illegal.
“It is absolutely not illegal,” Steve Miller (pictured), the acting commissioner of the IRS who resigned this week because of the scandal, said while being questioned by Georgia Rep. Tom Price.
One commenter wrote:
No, this is not a third-world country being run by a two-bit dictator. This is actually the United States of America but you’d hardly know it from the actions of the IRS.
On Thursday President Obama said he knew nothing about the internal investigation into the IRS' practice of singling out conservative groups for special scrutiny before it was made public.
He also said he would fix his IRS problem.
He did -- by asking for and receiving the resignation of his acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller. But that was no better than putting a band-aid on a big toe to cure a heart attack.
Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was scheduled to leave in a few weeks anyway so he was a "perfect scapegoat" for the administration.
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