
106: WaPo Economics Columnist Catherine Rampell
The Al Franken Podcast
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The IRS's Tax Man Song
I think from my recollection, it's been a while since I covered this, but my recollection was that this wasn't about targeting your political enemies. It was about these are groups that generally do not believe in government. And so maybe there's a reason why if you have this keyword in your name, you might be more likely to shirk on your taxes. Well, they weren't really a 501c food. These were political organizations and the tax exempt groups are generally not supposed to engage in lobbying and political activity. My guess my point is I don't think that there was something malicious here. It was badly handled and it looked really terrible.
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