Steve Cohen
The Public Record
We found no evidence that any IRS official acted based on political, discriminatory, corrupt, or other inappropriate motives to help support a criminal prosecution.
It is simply sad that at a time when our Nation and our world face a host of daunting challenges, the Zika virus, problems in the Middle East, this Congress has chosen to spend its time and taxpayer money on political theater.
Instead of wasting time, limited time, that we have on a hearing about these nonissues, we should be considering substantive issues, like how to tackle over-incarceration, how to end gun violence, how to help students managing crushing…
It was not a political assault on Tea Party folk, but it was an effort by some people that was bad policy.
First, Congress should repeal the requirement that exempt organizations disclose their donor list to the government.
I would urge you to also enact legislation that creates a permanent protection so that the IRS is not--and any IRS employee is prohibited by law from utilizing the publicly filed campaign finance reports and published reports of donor…
As Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, taxes are what you pay to live in the civilized society.
Its only purpose appears to be to give conservative critics the opportunity, once again, to assert that President Barack Obama has acted beyond the law.





