- As Ezra Klein says IRS furor has nowhere to go, more and more keeps tumbling out [Althouse, Examiner, flashback, Chronicle of Philanthropy, MSNBC video, WaPo, WSJ (“Higher-Ups Knew of IRS Case”), Kim Strassel/WSJ]
- Background: partisans on both sides have taken shifting positions of convenience on whether nonprofit political advocacy is abuse of the tax laws or free speech worthy of protection [Dave Weigel] Now if only the IRS would stop behaving like one of the partisans [Scott Walter, NY Post] Ideas for reform [Conor Friedersdorf]
- “A note on 501 (c)4 corporations” [Coyote] Paul Caron/TaxProf latest daily link roundup;
- Apologia for Service’s misconduct does no credit to New Republic or Noam Scheiber [Nick Gillespie]
- Echoing my post of yesterday, Jonathan Adler at Volokh Conspiracy seeks to distinguish between political affiliations of IRS personnel that have some arguable relevance to the scandal, and those that really seem like stretching;
- If you missed it: Cato video, “The I.R.S. Abusing Americans is Nothing New.”
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Until someone is credibly held accountable, we must by default hold the Oval Office accountable. The same reasoning holds on Benghazi.
Replace “reasoning” by “lack of reasoning” in Liberty At’Stake’s comment would help.
The president blundered when he threw the IRS under the bus. An income tax begs the question of what is income, and the IRS and taxpayers will wrestle with that problem.
Similarly working for more civic courses in high school is a noble cause, advertising that President Obama was born in Kenya is not educational even though it refers to a clause in the Constitution. That certain political consultants and/or operatives put out the word that 4c status would get around reporting of donor requirements is what targeted scrutiny.