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because of course everybody knows. he hypnotizes people into voting for him. everybody who gets audited feels like they re being targeted. we re all human. that s our first basic reaction. why me? why my office? and we all know one group was denied their status. and it was a group of democratic women. so at the end of the day, yes, people should not have been reviewed by these terms. so president obama weathers this storm? yes. you have to look at who the so-called victims are. unless you are trying to form a 501c-4, this story isn t about you. peggy noonan also said, i know some rich people in the salons who i hang out in on the weekends who were also audited. american people aren t going to relate to that. before you go, we got you a little gift. it s from joan, joy, and i to welcome you back. we can t give you any product placement, so we re not going to say what it is, but it s bubbly, a little small congratulations, great that you re back on air and we re all so thri
since last friday. the agency never really had a lot of friends but right now it certainly is making a lot of new enemies as we told you earlier in the show. a report being released this week by an inspector general shows that the irs intentionally targeted tea party organizations and other conservative groups going so far aas to flag organizations with the words tea party or patriot in their names or groups that listed education about the bill of rights in their objectives. we re learning that the house ways and means committee will soon be holding a hearing as soon as friday to figure out what happened. jenny beth martin is co-founder of the tea party patriot group and knows first hand. her group has been waiting years for response from the irs about their request for status. we ve filed for a 501c-4 and c-3 status several years ago and the irs has been stringing us along for years. in 2009 it would take maybe four
all the political groups out there that are taking tax exempt status for being, quote unquote, educational? well, this is the issue. it just should be done in a completely nonpartisan way. but these are these 501c-4s, in order to be tax exempt, in order for people to give them money and also not be disclosed who they are, the 501c-4 has to spend at least 50% plus $1 on actual social welfare. so some of these organizations have been you foe, it looks like they ve been spending more an on just pure politics. it s a legitimate inquiry by the irs. what is in no way legitimate is this be bias in any way. the people responsible for this should be held accountable. senator al franken, thanks so much for your time and keep us up-to-date on your meeting with the securities and exchange commission. thank you, jake. come up later this hour, i