Wednesday, August 21, 2013

IRS becoming dysfunctional

It is so sad when you have to sue the government to force them to enforce the law. As I said a couple of posts ago, Obama is barely, and I mean just barely, better than the alternative.

From Raw Story
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IRS faces lawsuit for failing to enforce church electioneering ban


By Eric W. Dolan
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 20:55 EDT

The Internal Revenue Service was unable to suppress a lawsuit over its failure to audit thousands of churches that allegedly violated federal tax law by engaging in partisan advocacy.

U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman of the Western District of Wisconsin on Monday denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Freedom From Religion Foundation against the IRS.

"If it is true that the IRS has a policy of not enforcing the prohibition on campaigning against religious organizations, then the IRS is conferring a benefit on religious organizations (the ability to participate in political campaigns) that it denies to all other 501(c)(3) organizations, including the Foundation," Adelman wrote.

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