The Off Topic Topic

[CountDeMoney]

Oops.  "Sorry guys, our bad"

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups

Hey, it's just another form of profiling. I bet lots of Tea Party folks dodge taxes.

According to documents obtained by Teablogging by running a goddamned simple Nexis search on the internets, national Tea Party organizer, Top Conservatives on Twitter cofounder and TCOTReport.com publisher Michael P. Leahy has, over the past 16 years, amassed nearly $150,000 in state and federal tax liens, small claims court judgments and civil suits.

For a group that has demanded financial accountability and transparency from the Obama administration, Tea Party Patriots (TPP) has not embraced those principles in its own business affairs. It has been highly secretive about its finances, and the organization's leaders have dealt harshly with activists and employees who've pressed for answers on how donor money has been spent.

Meanwhile, the group has failed to file a timely tax return indicating how much money it has raised and what, generally, it spent it on—including how much it's paying its top staffers. And despite identifying itself for nearly two years as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, the group has neglected to actually apply to the IRS for such status.

May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Rand Paul introduced a bill late on Tuesday that would repeal parts of a 2010 law designed to fight offshore tax evasion by Americans with assets hidden in foreign banks.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/08/usa-tax-fatca-idUSL2N0DP00X20130508

Don't roll your eyes, derbagger; they're your peeps.  Why pay taxes when you don't believe in them?  Timothy McVeigh didn't.

[derspiess]

Yeah, I figured you'd try to justify it somehow.  Predictable.  If it was all justified, why is the IRS apologizing?

[CountDeMoney]

Because the IRS has a public relations image, and they don't need knuckleheads like you flying any planes into their buildings.

[derspiess]

Because the IRS has a public relations image, and they don't need knuckleheads like you flying any planes into their buildings.

Riiiiight.

[CountDeMoney]

During the 2012 election, many tea party groups applied for tax-exempt status under section 501 (c) (4) of the federal tax code, which grants tax-exempt status to social welfare groups. Unlike other charitable groups, these organizations are allowed to participate in political activities but their primary activity must be social welfare.

Nice try, shitballs.  I wonder how many soup kitchens and food banks they ran. 

[ulmont]

During the 2012 election, many tea party groups applied for tax-exempt status under section 501 (c) (4) of the federal tax code, which grants tax-exempt status to social welfare groups. Unlike other charitable groups, these organizations are allowed to participate in political activities but their primary activity must be social welfare.

Nice try, shitballs.  I wonder how many soup kitchens and food banks they ran. 

It's very common for 501(c)(4)s to be essentially the political arm of a 501(c)(3).

[CountDeMoney]

It's very common for 501(c)(4)s to be essentially the political arm of a 501(c)(3).

And I'm sure the IRS did its part with its due diligence.

[derspiess]

It's very common for 501(c)(4)s to be essentially the political arm of a 501(c)(3).

And I'm sure the IRS did its part with its due diligence.

[Admiral Yi]

Heard on NPR last night what the most popular names for newborns is in the US.

Anyone wanna guess what's #1 for guys?

Noah made the top 5.

[Eddie Teach]

Jacob?

[MadImmortalMan]

It's probably one of those Braden/Aiden names. That shit is epidemic.

[Eddie Teach]

Too many variant spellings to make #1 I suspect.

[Admiral Yi]

Jacob?

Check out the big brain on Wigger!

[Jacob]

Jacob?

Check out the big brain on Wigger!

It's been popular for a while.

[Admiral Yi]

It's been popular for a while.

They mentioned it has been #1 14 years running.  That really surprised me.