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njlauren -> RE: House Republicans Are Pushing A Bill That Would Force The IRS To Audit Rape Victims (1/19/2014 9:26:39 AM)
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ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr
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ORIGINAL: EdBowie
Not one single conservative group trying to get their political action committees registered as non-profits was turned down.
Got any more 'Wolf!!'?
It's always problematic, when someone else makes my point for me.
I take it your assertion is that since the "conservative" groups only received "a little extra scrutiny" (when talking about the IRS, that phrase translates to "audit") and eventually got what they sought, all is right with the world?
Okay so, these rape victims, will just receive "a little extra scrutiny" and, as long as they have dotted their "I"s and crossed their "T"s, correctly. They'll get what they want.
Seems like the precedent that was established by ofailure and his pablum-puking minions almost a year ago.
Reap what you sow.
Of course, what this also leaves out is that when congress came up with the idiotic tax code that allowed advocacy groups to set up organizations ostensibly for 'social reasons' that were not tied to a candidate or political party, for advocacy (ie. all the hundreds of millions the Koch brothers spend trying to force their John Birch society views on things on everyone else), they made the IRS the ones who had to decide what was legitimate and what wasn't. The reason the IRS audited them was they needed to make sure that the money wasn't being used for political campaigns or to support candidates, because it was tax exempt...the reason being that tax exempt groups are not allowed to be aligned with political parties or work for candidates, it is no different than for other non profits, and is there to protect non profits, ironically....
What the GOP shitheads want to do is force their anti abortion Jesus freak beliefs through a back door, they know that most Americans don't support their idiotic agenda, so they try and backdoor it.
First of all, medicaid does not pay for abortions, federal money has been denied for abortions since the Reagan years, The Hyde amendment banned it, so this has nothing to do with Obama care (by the way, for my friend who didn't seem to know, under Obamacare the plans are from private insurers, all Obamacare did was establish a system where people could shop for plans, the federal government doesn't provide the coverage).
What the GOP is trying to do is extend the hyde amendment to all health coverage. Right now, companies can deduct the cost of health insurance premiums and employee contributions are done before taxes, what the GOP is doing is saying since they have tax deferred status, then they can't pay for abortions.......
It won't get anywhere, I don't think even as much of a pile of rat turds as John Boehner is, he would let this come up for a vote, I think he has finally realized that his and the GOP kowtowing to the religious wrong and to the tea party types has hurt them big time, and most of the country is not like their carefully elected districts in the hookwork and farm belt or the entire state of Texas, that most people are tired of the religious reich and the tea party morons.Still, it kind of belies what conservatives try to claim, how Obama is about taking away our rights and how the GOP represents freedom, it is ironic that on a board that is all about personal freedom, we have those advocating for a political party that is all about taking away those freedoms, especially when it comes to sexuality. If the GOP had its way, the internet would be censored and boards like this would be illegal, gays would be rounded up and put in concentration camps, women would be home barefoot and pregnant or resigned to being secretaries and school teachers, divorce would be next to impossible except if the husband wanted it, rape would be exceedingly difficult to prove (and if it were the husband, couldn't be charged with rape).....this is freedom?
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