I will cover the basic things one needs to know     and why.    ---       What is a 501c4 anyways?      What Is a 501c4 Organization? | Suite101    Here is an official definition. As you can see, all of the     targeting was toward conservative organizations who fell well     within the guidelines of a 501c4. Furthermore, plenty of     democratic organizations that are the democratic counterparts of     those targeted conservative organizations, faced ZERO scrutiny,     even though they were applying for the same reasons with the same     missions! Conservative's, and ONLY Conservative's, were targeted.      ---       1) The IRS tries to use the excuse that the reason for    special scrutiny was because they saw a spike in 501c4     applications.    Why is this relevant? Because the amount of applications jumped     from around 1500 to 3000 in total, since 2010. That's essentially     just 1 new applications per day on average! we know at least 3     employee's were assigned exclusively to 501c4 application     types. Are we to believe that it took 3 IRS agents a full days work     or more to process each application?     The notion that they were swamped, is entirely ridiculous.     furthermore, the increased scrutiny from the targeting only served     to increase the time spent on these applications, which still     wouldn't be considered a swamped system considering how little     resources that would require on the IRS's part.       ---   2) They say it was limited to the Cincinnati office.    Why is this relevant? Because they want to make it seem like low     level employee's acting alone. What they are trying to detract     from is the fact that the Cincinnati office is the ONLY office     that handles 501C4 applications. So while they're trying to create     an illusion that this was an isolated incident, the truth is that     it wasn't because that office handled ALL 501C4 applications.       ---       3) they go out of their way to point out that the IRS commissioner     was apointed by G.W.Bush.    Why is this relevant? Because this is an obvious attempt to make     the IRS commissioner seem disassociated with obama and the     democratic party. It's clear the obama administration is focusing     more on deniability than on what to do about it. If they were     innocent, they wouldn't need to even mention these types of     things. Their act of asserting deniability reeks of guilt and     cover up.    The truth is, it doesn't matter who appointed the commissioner.     Bush appointed a lot of people regardless of political     affiliation, and the IRS commissioner answers to the Capital,     regardless of who is in office.       ---      4) obama himself personally said the IRS is separate from the     government.    Why is this relevant? Because the IRS is a federal agency, and     all employee's of the IRS are official government employee's, with     government pensions and government benefits. Again, by implying     the IRS is a private separate entity outside of the government, is     an obvious deception to disassociate itself from the IRS's crimes.    That's akin to a murderer implying they're not guilty because their     hands and arms are a separate entity from their brain.       ---       5) obama made a comment that the Tea Party is going to have to     watch out for the IRS, in his 2009 commencement speech at Arizona State     University.     Why is this relevant? The targeting started just months later.     obama simply can't hope to imply that he wasn't in some way     involved, even if it was just having Whitehouse employee's doing     it for him. obama essentially admitted his intentions in 2009 and    was publicly gloating about it.      ---       6) Conservative 501c4 applicants were deliberately targeted.    Why is this relevant? The 501c4 filing does not require you to     list, divulge, or reveal donors at all. For the IRS to even ask     for listings of donors, when it's not necessary, and the reason     why a 501c4 exists in the first place, then that's clear cut and     deliberate targeting.       ---       7) An internal memo used named keywords for their targeting.    Why is this relevant? Because the use of keywords like patriot,     tea party. They weren't just targeted by keywords, they were     also targeted by interests of educating on the     constitution, limiting government, and even went as far as     targeting those who had expressed disapproval of the current     administrations actions or social reform. This is all despite the     fact that these do not violate any 501c4 legal requirements, and is     the very purpose a 501c4 exists!    This is why they made unreasonable requests like Facebook and     Twitter accounts, in order to find out what these people's beliefs and    political affiliations are, to target them.      ---      8) There's proof the IRS commissioner had to know about the targeting for at least     2 years.    Why is this relevant? Because during a Senate Appropriations     subcommittee hearing, the IRS commissioner denied that there was any     targeting going on, just last March of 2012.     --        In conclusion, Do they really think they can get out of this with a simple     apology and giving us the run around?      It is clear that the actions of the IRS were     complacently deliberate, and that it went all the way to the top     of the chain of command. This is a gross abuse of government     power with obvious political motivations. This is an obvious case     of the obama administration using government agencies in an     illegal manner to bully its opponents and deny them the same     rights as everyone else. This is discrimination by its very     definition. Even democrats should be worried and outraged,     because if obama can use it against his enemies, then so can the     republicans. Yet you'll still see democrats saying so what, they     deserved it, who cares?!....Until it happens to them, which says    a lot about why these people are the problem in the first place.          One final thing I will say, that I say a lot to the libtards, is     that they are what they claim to stand against! They label us as     the enemies for doing the things that THEY do. That's the     maddening thing about it all, that they are the bad guys, claiming     to be the good guys. You simply can't get through to the bad     guy's who think they're the good guy; it's the same kind of delusion     as those that think they're killing people on behalf of a god.        I consider myself both a democrat and republican, in the sense that I  believe people need certain types of social welfare, but the government   also needs to be wrangled in on its reach and spending, along with stricter  policy toward large businesses. But people who call themselves democrats   today, aren't. They're just crazy nut jobs with a spot light, with the illusion   of a moral high ground. Their ideals are thought through soo little, they   actually do more harm than good, if any good at all. These people eat up   obama and defend him like this is N.Korea and he's Kim Jong il.