Why Did the IRS Target Conservative Groups?

Tax Revolt

Was it a legitimate reaction to an explosion of tax-exempt electioneering?

Published May 13 2013 8:24AM EDT

articles/2013/05/13/why-did-the-irs-target-conservative-groups/130512-irs-tea-party-cheat_yvckma — David Goldman/AP

Kevin Drum outlines what I take to be the emerging case for the defense of the IRS agents who applied special scrutiny to tax-exemption applications from Tea Party groups:

Roughly speaking, what seems to have happened is that three years ago the IRS was facing an explosion of newly formed 501(c)4...

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Why Did the IRS Target Conservative Groups?

Was it a legitimate reaction to an explosion of tax-exempt electioneering?

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