Tea Party and IRS-The Facts

If you look below at the quotes from Gregory Korte in USA Today you will see that this 'scandal' is just one more tragedy of SMALL GOVERNMENT CONSERVATISM leading to BAD GOVERNMENT.
But, first...
The Simple Facts are...
1. This IRS office in Cincinnati is the main processing office for all non-profit IRS applications in the USA.
2. In less than two years the number of applications they received doubled approaching the 2012 elections.
3. This office was understaffed and overworked and there was not enough oversight of their procedural methods.
4. This office resorted to the same brusque sorting of applications that they had in the past when they had been overwhelmed by applications from 'credit counseling agencies' etc.

The IRS understandably needed more time and more staffing and more regulatory oversight and yes MORE TAX REVENUE to do their job properly in a well run country.
No applications have been denied and all should be considered.
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USA TODAY-GREGORY KORTE:
 Q: What prompted this?
A: The number of applications for tax-exempt social welfare organizations doubled from 2010 to 2012, to 3,400 a year. That's largely because of a surge in politically oriented groups before the 2012 presidential election and in the wake of favorable court rulings, the IRS says. In response, an IRS unit in Cincinnati began to sort politically oriented groups into a separate "bucket" of applications. IRS Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner said this was done for consistency and is not unlike what the IRS has done with special treatment of other groups that raise new tax law issues, such as credit counseling agencies and non-profit news organizations.
Q: How were the Tea Party groups harmed?
A: The additional scrutiny held up tax-exempt applications for months, although the IRS says no applications have been denied. Groups caught in this process did not receive IRS documentation, which can provide legitimacy and assist with fundraising. Some conservative groups say their rights to freedom of association were violated through invasive questioning.
Q: How has the IRS attempted to fix the problem?
A: The IRS says it has destroyed any donor lists that were improperly obtained. It says it has begin to clear out the backlog of tax-exempt applications, approving about 130 of the initial 300. About 25 groups have withdrawn their applications.