re: Regarding Lois Lerner's proclamation of innocence and the Fifth Amendment

Nevermind the testimony, what about the emails?

So we have motive, but I believe we already had that.

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For example, in emails regarding how the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision could imperil the Democrats' majority in the Senate, Lerner wrote that she hoped the Federal Election Commission would “save the day,” apparently by curtailing political speech

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....aaaand an admission that the targeting was politically biased.

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In another email referencing a news article about the businessmen and benefactors Charles and David Koch, Lerner suggested the IRS should begin a “project” to rein in political speech but to craft it in such a way as to avoid the appearance of focusing on political activity.

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I wonder what "problem" she is talking about here?

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The emails show concern from Lerner about the Citizens United case decision hurting Democrats in the upcoming Senate elections. One document shows Lerner saying the Supreme Court gave the issue to the IRS “to fix the problem.”

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And we know execution of the plan:

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Ultimately, the Oversight report says, Lerner personally placed all Tea Party applicants through a “multi-tier review.” An IRS employee testified that Lerner “sent [him an] e-mail saying that when these cases need to go through multi-tier review and they will eventually have to go to [Judy Kindell, Lerner’s senior technical advisor] and the Chief Counsel’s office.” A D.C. IRS employee said this level of scrutiny had no precedent.

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I don't see how any american citizen with knowledge of how the political system was designed and the intent of that design could see this as something that is acceptable.

It doesn't matter if this went to Obama or not, it highlights that the IRS has way too much power and needs to be stripped of that power. We need a tax system that treats everybody in the same fair manner, regardless of political views, gender, sexual preference, and social class.

That being said, I believe that because the level of scrutiny having to go to the white house implicates individuals that are close to Obama.

Everyone involved needs to serve time in jail for gross violations of civil and constitutional rights.