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| New IRS chief apologizes to targeted conservative groups after House hearing |
| 2014-02-06 |
| [FOXNEWS] The new head of the IRS has apologized to those who suffered because of the agency's targeting of conservative groups, after he testified before a House subcommittee for the first time. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told news hounds after the hearing before the House Boodle Central that the singling out of such organizations for special scrutiny would be "intolerable," and vowed the IRS is not doing so now. "It won't happen going forward," Koskinen said. "And to the extent that people suffered accordingly, I apologize for that." Koskinen also expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... over the amount of time and manpower being spent by the IRS on the investigation into the scandal, calling the probe a "major drain" on resources. "Which is one of the reasons I hope we can get to closure as soon as possible to get it behind us," he said. "The facts will be what they are and we'll respond appropriately. But we have a lot of resources that we could actually put to productive use dealing with services to taxpayers." Koskinen drew criticism earlier this week when he announced he was reinstating cancelled 2013 employee bonuses. Conservative politicians such as Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch questioned why an agency with employees who "inappropriately" targeted conservative political groups would reinstate the rewards. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 This 'apology' must be seen in the context of 'Codifying the Abuse'. The Obama administration is just saying 'Nice Doggie!' while reaching for the big stick of making the abuse the new normal. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-02-06 16:45 |
| #9 TheyÂ’ll warn that tyranny always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, and creative, and unique experiment in self-rule is somehow just a sham with which we canÂ’t be trusted. Barry Barack Hussein Obama del Kansas del Hawaii del Harvard del Illinios del Chicago sur la luna. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-02-06 13:44 |
| #8 The apology is genuine, in the sense that they bothered to discriminate covertly in a clumsy and ham-handed way. Bad form and so amateurish. Now, the discrimination will be open and clear. Simply put, going forward, much tighter controls. But the existing super PACs will continue, and all those union contributions will be unchallenged. Since the conservatives came late to the game, they lose in relative numbers. And unions are a deeply protected class. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2014-02-06 12:29 |
| #7 Apology not accepted. Your agency is still being run by the same people with the same rules. Fuck you, Fuck you NSA and fuck the tyranny that is becoming the US Government. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-02-06 12:14 |
| #6 Close barn door, horse long gone? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-02-06 11:06 |
| #5 Don't apologize, fix the problem. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-02-06 08:01 |
| #4 ...but a lot of 5th Amendment claims. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-02-06 07:08 |
| #3 Apparently Koskinen didn't get the memo that there was no abuse of power here. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-02-06 00:59 |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-02-06 00:35 |
| #1 A drain on resources as a reason to not gully investigate this scandal and denial of 1st amendment rights? Yeah, right. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-02-06 00:27 |