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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Les H who wrote (39734)	3/22/1999 3:32:00 PM
From: John Lacelle	Respond to of 67261

Les, Ya know, I tend to believe in the fair-handedness of the Federal Government because that is what I was taught in school. However, after having worked for the Federal Government it did make me question the integrity of some civil servants. The battle between the NRA and the IRS was rather strange. For some reason, the IRS wanted the entire list of NRA members, which of course the NRA will never reveal. Hell, I should become a life member just because they held that position. Most of these non-profit orgs sell their name list to anyone who wants it. I believe that the NRA actually lost its non-profit status and was forced to pay taxes on its membership fees. I think the whole fight was clearly political. Handgun Control INC. still has nonprofit status. Newt Gingrich had a long fight with the IRS over his history classes. He eventually won the case and was completely exonerated by the IRS but still had to pay $300,000.00 to the House committee that held the investigation. Perhaps it is true that the IRS attacks political enemies of the Clintons. I have heard that the head of the IRS is an old friend of Hillary. These incidents to not seem to be random to me... -John