{"id":18787,"date":"2013-08-24T21:44:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T04:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=18787"},"modified":"2013-08-24T21:44:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T04:44:19","slug":"irs-targeting-american-legion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/irs-targeting-american-legion\/","title":{"rendered":"IRS Targeting American Legion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/molegionpost347.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/AmerLegion_color_Emblem1.png?resize=172%2C180\" width=\"172\" height=\"180\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>If the abuse by the IRS on conservative, patriotic groups, TEA party etc wasn&#8217;t bad enough now they are targeting our veterans organizations.<\/p>\n<p>One thing has been made clear by this administration and that is its hate toward our warriors, regardless if they are active or retired! One would think that our liberal &#8220;friends&#8221; who are vets would be bothered with this would join the republicans in putting an end to the IRS. Many did express outrage when news hit about the IRS targeting groups but don&#8217;t hold your breath that they will lift a finger over this either. They need the IRS in place since it is the enforcer for obamacare.<\/p>\n<p>Does anyone in DC have a spine to stop the abuse or will we be subjected to more scathing letters and rants during hearings again?! We want action not talk and there is no one in DC to do that.<br \/>\n&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rockymounttelegram.com\/media\/big_image\/111211Veterans_Day1_0.jpg?resize=421%2C286\" width=\"421\" height=\"286\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>IRS is targeting the American Legion with new set of guidelines<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2013\/08\/23\/irs-is-targeting-the-american-legion-with-audit-new-set-of-guidelines\/\">by Patrick Howley | DailyCaller<\/a><br \/>\nThe Internal Revenue Service is targeting the veterans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 organization the American Legion, and a U.S. senator believes that Lois Lerner \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a key figure in the IRS scandal \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is to blame.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The IRS now requires American Legion posts to maintain dates of service and character of service records for all members\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The penalty for not having the required proof of eligibility is, apparently, $1,000 per day,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the American Legion stated&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;\u00e2\u20ac\u0153On the heels of Americans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 anger over revelations that the IRS intentionally targeted certain groups, it has been brought to my attention that the IRS is now turning their sights toward our nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s veterans,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The IRS seems to be auditing veteran service organizations by requiring private member military service forms.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153If a post is unable or not willing to turn over this personal information, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s possible they could face a fine of $1,000 per day,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Moran continued.<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2013\/08\/23\/irs-is-targeting-the-american-legion-with-audit-new-set-of-guidelines\/\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the abuse by the IRS on conservative, patriotic groups, TEA party etc wasn&#8217;t bad enough now they are targeting our veterans organizations. One thing has been made clear by this administration and that is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1221],"tags":[32209,32214,14918,6451,32215,32210,32211,28240,32212,10108,32213],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18787"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}