IRS Awards Bonuses to Employees Who Owe Taxes Mark Meckler April 24, 2014 News A watchdog agency report found that the IRS gave bonuses and other performance awards to nearly 3000 employees under disciplinary action in 2010-2012. Over $1 million in bonuses and 10,000 hours of paid time off were awarded to employees who still owed...
IRS Workers Caught Campaigning on the Job Mark Meckler April 24, 2014 Corruption, Featured, News Suspicions have already been raised about the impact IRS targeting of conservative groups had on the last Presidential election. Now evidence has been uncovered of IRS workers actively campaigning for President Obama while on the job. The federal Office...
IRS Asks for Raise, Needs an Audit Mark Meckler April 24, 2014 Barf Bag, Budget, Featured, News Eleven billion dollars is just not enough for the IRS to get all its work done. John Koskinen, newly appointed IRS Commissioner, says they need a bigger budget, not cuts. He’s backed up by President Obama, who proposed a 10% increase in the IRS budget...
Mark Meckler to Discuss “Challenges to Democracy” in John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Mark Meckler April 22, 2014 Mark's Commentaries, News, Shared Values On Tuesday, April 22 at 6pm EST, Mark Meckler will discuss “Challenges to Democracy” with Joan Blades, Co-Founder of MoveOn.org and Co-Founder and President of MomsRising.org. The conversation will explore views on the root problems of democratic...
Emails Show Lois Lerner Planned to Help DOJ Prosecute Conservative Groups Mark Meckler April 21, 2014 Big Government, Corruption, Featured, IRS Lawsuit, News, Scandals Albert Einstein once said the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Should we be surprised that Lois Lerner perpetrated one of the biggest political scandals of our time? The mountain of...
Limits on Campaign Contributions Serve Incumbents Mark Meckler April 17, 2014 Featured, Incumbent Accountability, News Thomas Sowell knows why politicians on both sides of the aisle are so upset that the Supreme Court overturned limits on campaign contributions—because such restrictions hurt political challengers and protect incumbents. I think he hit the nail on...
Standoff at Nevada Ranch: America Is Ready to Resist Mark Meckler April 15, 2014 Activist Stories, Citizens Spotlight, Engaged Citizens, Featured, News, U.S. Constitution Protesters at Cliven Bundy's ranch in Nevada faced off with federal agents this past weekend, sending the message that overreaching government power can be resisted. You've seen the news: A video showing the protestors at the Bundy ranch taking on federal...
Rob Lowe to O’Reilly: “Individuals Do Better than Government” Mark Meckler April 15, 2014 Big Government, Dispersed Power, Featured, News It’s not often someone from Hollywood agrees with us. But in the middle of a recent interview about his new book and how hard it is to be good-looking, Rob Lowe made a political statement with which we can actually agree. He thinks there should be...
Sarah Palin: Elect Candidates Who Support “Convention of States” Mark Meckler April 12, 2014 Convention of States, Featured, News, Uncategorized Sarah Palin encourages voters to election representatives who support a Convention of States!
Eric Holder to Congress: “You Don’t Want to Go There, Buddy!” Mark Meckler April 11, 2014 Corruption, Featured, Incumbent Accountability, News “You don’t want to go there, Buddy!” That’s how Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States responded when a member of Congress dared to question the “most transparent administration ever.” Our nation’s founders gave Congress the...