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OK, it's time to finally have the truth told in this article. Phmoreno ( talk) 04:12, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
The fact that the Justice Department was under the direction of Jeff Sessions at the time, makes this "admission of Wrongdoing" highly suspect. Sessions not only is a racist, but his virulent prejudices in favor of all things conservative make his judgement highly suspect. In researching this so called scandal, I have only found that the IRS was doing it's job in a proper way. Their job in this case was to catch organizations that were fraudulently posing a "charitable" organizations in order to cheat on their taxes. The IRS investigated both liberal and conservative groups. There has never been any bias against the conservatives. The whole brouhaha was simply a way for conservatives to play the victim, while trying to discredit Obama. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.51.207.28 ( talk) 16:17, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
To the above poster - all of that is just your opinion. Just like i or others could say that Eric Holder came across as racist, it is just opinion and has no place on Wikipedia. There is sourcing that Lois Lerner was largely behind discriminating conservative groups by the IRS, whether you like it or not it does belong. 2600:1700:1EC1:30C0:44CF:FAB6:E1AC:755A ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:23, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
The title of this article should read "Obama Administration IRS Targeting Scandal", to make it clear that this occurred under Obama, and to distiguish it from any other IRS scandals. Also - the word "controversies" downplays the seriousness of the issue - "scandal" is a more apt and descriptive term. Vinny Gambino ( talk) 13:41, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Two issues with the article:
Look forward to more input—thanks in advance! Elle Kpyros ( talk) 19:34, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/25/trump-apologizes-irs-tea-party-targeting-faults-lo/
OK, it's time to finally have the truth told in this article. Phmoreno ( talk) 04:12, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
The fact that the Justice Department was under the direction of Jeff Sessions at the time, makes this "admission of Wrongdoing" highly suspect. Sessions not only is a racist, but his virulent prejudices in favor of all things conservative make his judgement highly suspect. In researching this so called scandal, I have only found that the IRS was doing it's job in a proper way. Their job in this case was to catch organizations that were fraudulently posing a "charitable" organizations in order to cheat on their taxes. The IRS investigated both liberal and conservative groups. There has never been any bias against the conservatives. The whole brouhaha was simply a way for conservatives to play the victim, while trying to discredit Obama. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.51.207.28 ( talk) 16:17, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
To the above poster - all of that is just your opinion. Just like i or others could say that Eric Holder came across as racist, it is just opinion and has no place on Wikipedia. There is sourcing that Lois Lerner was largely behind discriminating conservative groups by the IRS, whether you like it or not it does belong. 2600:1700:1EC1:30C0:44CF:FAB6:E1AC:755A ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:23, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
The title of this article should read "Obama Administration IRS Targeting Scandal", to make it clear that this occurred under Obama, and to distiguish it from any other IRS scandals. Also - the word "controversies" downplays the seriousness of the issue - "scandal" is a more apt and descriptive term. Vinny Gambino ( talk) 13:41, 15 January 2021 (UTC)
Two issues with the article:
Look forward to more input—thanks in advance! Elle Kpyros ( talk) 19:34, 24 August 2021 (UTC)