Originally Posted by Professor Peabody The story doesn't look like it ends there..... Cynthia Lewis Pleads Guilty to Unauthorized Disclosure of Tax Return Information On November 19, 2012, in the Eastern District of California, Cynthia Lewis pled guilty to unauthorized disclosure of tax return information by a Federal employee. [1] According to court documents, Lewis, an IRS employee, willfully disclosed tax return or return information to other persons without authorization to do so. The ...
Originally Posted by Professor Peabody Besieged White House rejects Obama-Nixon parallels By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times Tuesday, May 14, 2013 In the midst of revelations that the IRS targeted some of President Obama’s conservative opponents inappropriately, a reporter asked White House press secretary Jay Carney about comparisons to President Nixon, whose administration compiled an “enemies’ list.” “People who make those kind of comparisons need to check their history,” Mr. Carney ...
Originally Posted by Professor Peabody IRS audit found political bias so burdensome that targeted groups gave up By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times Tuesday, May 14, 2013 The IRS singled out tea party and other conservative groups for “burdensome” scrutiny because of their politically charged names and delayed approving some applications for so long that the groups simply gave up, according to an official government audit, released Tuesday, that has the agency reeling. “I am astounded ...
Originally Posted by Professor Peabody Reid slams Obama admin: ‘I have trouble defending what the Justice Department did’ 3:39 PM 05/14/2013 WASHINGTON — Very rarely do you hear Harry Reid call out the Obama administration, but the Democratic Senate majority leader had tough words for both the scandal-plagued Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday. “I have trouble defending what the Justice Department did,” Reid told reporters during his weekly press availability ...
Originally Posted by Professor Peabody Obama: Health care law is ‘here to stay’ By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times Friday, May 10, 2013 Amid growing concerns about the implementation of President Obama’s health care law, Mr. Obama stepped up promotion of the law by pegging its benefits to this weekend’s Mother's Day celebration. Democrats are turning their public outreach on behalf of the law in an effort to head off political fallout at the polls in next year’s congressional midterm ...
Originally Posted by Professor Peabody IRS issued billions in improper refunds, report says Posted by Josh Hicks on April 24, 2013 at 6:00 am The Internal Revenue Service issued more than $11 billion in improper payments through its Earned Income Tax Credit program last year, according to an inspector general’s report released this week. Treasury Department deputy inspector general Michael McKenney found that the IRS has failed to comply for two consecutive years with the Improper Payments ...
Originally Posted by Professor Peabody Immigration reform could be bonanza for Democrats By EMILY SCHULTHEIS | 4/22/13 9:59 PM EDT Updated: 4/23/13 12:46 PM EDT The immigration proposal pending in Congress would transform the nation’s political landscape for a generation or more — pumping as many as 11 million new Hispanic voters into the electorate a decade from now in ways that, if current trends hold, would produce an electoral bonanza for Democrats and cripple Republican prospects in many states they ...
Originally Posted by Professor Peabody Stockton Bankruptcy Case Defers Decision On Pensions by Alan Greenblatt April 01, 2013 5:10 PM Like many other cities, counties and states, Stockton's pension fund is millions of dollars in the hole. Typically, pension obligations have been held sacrosanct, even as bondholders and other creditors lose money in bankruptcy proceedings. Stockton owes CalPERS as much as $900 million to cover its pension obligation, which is the city's single-biggest ...
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