Tim Carney: Our tax laws make IRS abuse inevitable

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Nobody should be surprised that President Obama’s Internal Revenue Service targeted Tea Party groups. This is clearly corrupt and an abuse of power, but it’s what we should expect, given the nature of tax laws.

Tax-exempt status works on two levels: for the individual and for the group. In both cases, there are problems with the fact that the individuals and the groups need to claim tax-exempt status and can claim tax-exempt status.

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