Nobama To Legalize Illegal IRS Abuses With A New Executive Order By Ed Wood Jan 14, 2014
The observation, “money is the mother’s milk of politics,” is credited to Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh (1922-1987) (D-CA), who was named Speaker of the California State Assembly, and later, State Treasurer. The quotation is still used as a classic political truism. If you doubt that, just notice the number of contribution requests that fill the TV screens and clutter your mailbox, and the fact that more than half the members of Congress are millionaires! Even the most rudimentary political campaigns cost many thousands of dollars to launch, and even more to keep the elected bureaucrats in office. Of course, nobody ever makes a significant contribution to a political candidate without expecting something in return. I believe it’s called “cronyism.” Every few years our elected representatives will pledge to keep financial favors out of politics by codifying taxpayer funded campaigns, encouraging you to check a block on your 1040 for a voluntary campaign contribution, or passing such legislation as the McCain-Feingold Act to clean up political campaigns once and for all. Of course, the McCain-Feingold Act it didn’t work. It wasn’t supposed to. For the reason mentioned initially, those who supported the Act still wanted the money. So even though individual contributions were limited, contributions to “political action groups,” or PACs, were not. Well, sometimes they were and sometimes they weren’t. So to favor one special interest group or the other, they created “Super PACs,” “Leadership PACs,” etc., each with its own set of rules. If you are really interested, click here. However, public laws are messy. They take time, and aren’t always predictable. What to do? Just issue an Executive Order, of course. President Obama has publicly stated that he would act on his various schemes “with or without Congress.” Democrat political strategist Paul Begala exuberantly described President Obama’s actions as, “Stroke of the pen, law of the land. Kinda cool.” So it was an easy move for the Administration to instruct the IRS to develop two tax code exemptions, 501c3 and 501c4, to encourage or discourage political campaign activity. Obviously, elected officials want to encourage financial contributions as much as possible, and declaring them to be exempt from federal taxation is one such method of encouragement. So if you contribute to a PAC that is covered by one of these two codes, it is exempt from federal taxation. Why two codes? Politics, of course. 501c3 is extended to those organizations we would generally consider appropriate for tax exemption; civic leagues, public charities, civic organizations. 501c4 approval exempts those groups who claim to be civic organizations, but also do political campaigning. If a political organization is denied such exemption, it is placed at a significant disadvantage. So IRS withholding or delaying such approval
from Tea Party and other Conservative groups was one of the Obama scandals that was widely recognized as seriously hindering the efforts of his political opposition, and contributing heavily in assuring his re-election. But it was so obvious, and so illegal, that public perception was that the Obama administration had raised political “dirty tricks” to an unprecedented level. After his re-election, the President was appropriately embarrassed. In a public statement last May 15th, President Obama promised, “First, we’re going to hold the responsible parties accountable. Second, we’re going to put in place new safeguards to make sure this kind of behavior cannot happen again.” But holding his political cronies “accountable” wasn’t a viable option, and “safeguards” have never worked. So what to do? Simple. Legalize the illegal. You know, “Stroke of the pen. . .” Kimberly Strassel writing in the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Obama administration, just in time for the 2014 mid-term elections, is now in the process of creating a new Executive Order that would legalize the type of abuses of power it committed during the 2012 IRS scandal when Tea Party and Conservative non-profit groups were targeted, and would, “isolate and shut down the same Tea Party groups victimized in the first targeting round.” She goes on to write: This “proposed guidance”—while technically pending public comment—puts conservative groups on immediate notice that it could be enforced at any moment. It is clearly designed to have a chilling effect on any group gearing up for next year’s midterms, just as the first round of targeting was designed to dampen conservative participation in the 2010 and 2012 elections. Democrats are daily directing government against their political opponents—via Congress, the SEC, the FEC. Yet IRS Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel wants Americans to think this latest IRS rule is just about providing “clarity.” And the White House continues to insist that it was unaware of the previous targeting. The political insult is that President Obama is using his new targeting rule to wiggle out of liability for the last round. The same president who in May was “outraged” by the IRS’s actions now says it was all just some confusion over tax law (which his new rule fixes). He told Chris Matthews last week that the media had hyped what was a few poor IRS souls in Cincinnati who were “trying to streamline what is a difficult law to interpret . . . And they’ve got a list, and suddenly everybody’s outraged.” Everybody was outraged to discover the IRS was secretly targeting the president’s political opponents. They might be more outraged that the White House is now using the IRS to do the same thing in the brazen light of day. Everybody was outraged to discover the IRS was secretly targeting the president’s political opponents. They might be more outraged that the White House is now using the IRS to do the same thing in the brazen light of day. Of course the new regulation would not apply to the legitimate 501c3 groups, nor would it apply to labor unions which have their own separate 501c5 code. Rather, it would only target 501c4 groups, which the Democrats feel have been effective vehicles for conservative advocacy. Imagine that.
President Obama Has Begun Openly Flaunting His De Facto Fiat Power Over The Legislative Branch by Ben Bullard January 14, 2014 “I’ve got a pen, and I’ve got a phone.”* That’s how President Barack Obama phrased his open threat Tuesday to bypass Congress in 2014 if his agenda suffers the same legislative opposition it met last year. “We are not just going to be waiting for legislation to make sure that we’re providing Americans with the help that they need,” said the President. “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone. I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.” Is this a preview of his State of the Union Address? The dictatorial, Constitution-abasing braggadocio comes even as the Obama Administration found itself justifying, as the defendant in a case before the Supreme Court Monday, the President’s previous end-runs around the Constitution in making board appointments while Congress is not convened at the Capitol building. But what of this new rhetoric? Well, the “pen” part is easy, since the President had the sand to say exactly what he meant: he means to bypass Congress, which he considers inactive because it didn’t pass enough laws last year to melt his progressive heart. President Obama Vows to Act If Congress Won't: 'I've Got a Pen and I've Got a Phone' VIDEO BELOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mogctYmt-p0
Obama Promises The Pen Of Executive Orders If Congress Does Not Act; Should Republicans Complain? By Mike "Mish" Shedlock Jan 14, 2014
Similar to a speech made last week in which French President Francois Hollande vowed to pass his agenda by executive order instead of parliamentary law, Obama warns Congress he will act alone. President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was pleased Congress had passed a sweeping $1 trillion spending bill, but warned he would wield power alone if lawmakers blocked his policy plans. Obama also called on Congress to act on his other priorities, including an extension of jobless insurance for the long-term unemployed and comprehensive immigration reform. “We’re not just going to wait for legislation,” Obama said. “I’ve got a pen and I’ve got a phone, I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive action and administrative actions that move the ball forward.” While Obama can use his authority to implement policy changes on issues ranging from immigration to climate change and other issues, he must pass laws through Congress to enact the kind of sweeping political change he envisages and to deploy the power of the public purse.
If Obama’s threat sounds familiar it’s because it is. Please consider, Hollande Wants to “Get Things Done” by Decree, Not by Passing Laws. When Hollande made his statements I asked two questions. 1. Was president Obama inspired by Hollande or was Hollande inspired by Obama? 2. Why have parliament, or Congress, if this is the ways the legislative process works? Should Republicans Complain? Obama seriously sounds like a spoiled brat. “If you won’t give me cake, I will have cake anyway”. No doubt, Republicans will complain strongly about the president’s message. I have a better idea: As long as this is the way the system works, then let’s see some real hardball from Republicans the next time they are in office. Turnaround is Fair Play By decree, let’s get rid of the National Labor Relations board. More importantly, since President Kennedy instituted collective bargaining of public unions by decree, let’s undo collective bargaining by decree as well. There is a massive amount of fertile ground for the kinds decrees the country really needs, especially in regards to less government. If we can get less government via decree rather than Congressional bickering, I’m 100% in favor. So rather than complain now, let’s hope the next president, Rand Paul, carries the “executive order torch” to the fullest extent possible. The Obama Deception The Truth About Barry Soetoro AKA Barack Obama VIDEO BELOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw Fall of the Republic Obama's Final Destruction Of America VIDEO BELOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebOTc-7shU
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