this is about groups applying for a special privilege, to be a 504c4 organization, they re social welfare organizations, pretty incredible benefits rgs right? so the irs is supposed to investigate. what are they supposed to do? are they really social well four organizations but actually political op ragtss. that s what the irs is supposed to do and that s whey they did, it seems. now, to follow on that, last year, 2800 organizations applied for 501-c (4) status. one could look at that and say there should be way more scrutiny.
many americans are tremendously troubled. democrats and republicans that the irs would engage in targeting political opponents. the irs is coordinating with the justice department to see if any laws were broken. orrin hatch and eric holder on the same side. you see what i mean? outfront, jeffrey to be enand worked with some of the tea party groups targeted by the irs. jeff, let me start with you. you re going to do something that many will find indefensible. do it. defend the irs. explain. remember, what this is about, this is about groups applying for a special privilege, to be a 504c4 organization, they re social welfare organizations, not political operations. so they don t have to pay taxes and they don t have to disclose their members. incredible benefits.
many americans are tremendously troubled. democrats and republicans that the irs would engage in targeting political opponents. the irs is coordinating with the justice department to see if any laws were broken. orrin hatch and eric holder on the same side. you see what i mean? outfront, jeffrey to be enand worked with some of the tea party groups targeted by the irs. jeff, let me start with you. you re going to do something that many will find indefensible. do it. defend the irs. explain. remember, what this is about, this is about groups applying for a special privilege, to be a 504c4 organization, they re social welfare organizations, not political operations. so they don t pretty incredible benefits. so what the irs is supposed to do is investigate. what do these groups do?