[EL] Congress Put Pressure on the IRS to Investigate Conservative Tax-Ex

Steve Hoersting hoersting at gmail.com
Tue May 14 07:23:36 PDT 2013


Good article, Jim.

Good insight, Brad. It seems there is a chasm, particularly among laymen in
both camps.

But I have often thought there is one thing the liberty minded and would-be
Progressive ministers absolutely agree upon, and that it both explains the
consistency of and drives the activity in both camps: Self-government
requires unfettered speech.
On May 14, 2013 9:42 AM, "Smith, Brad" <BSmith at law.capital.edu> wrote:

>  Although there are many other issues, including different readings of
> empirical evidence and different views of how democracy and government
> ought to work, in many ways the basic dividing line is this: reform
> advocates fear private power more than government power; speech advocates
> fear government power more than private power.
>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:58 AM
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> *Subject:* [EL] Congress Put Pressure on the IRS to Investigate
> Conservative Tax-Ex
>
>   Click here: Congress Put Pressure on the IRS to Investigate
> Conservative Tax-Exempt Groups - Garance Franke-Ruta - The Atlanti<http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/congress-put-pressure-on-the-irs-to-investigate-conservative-tax-exempt-groups/275814/>
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> I guess we won't hear again from the reform industry that there in no such
> thing as government harassment. Jim Bopp
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