Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez must be smiling today.
President Barack Obama is reaching back to his thuggish Chicago politics roots. He is contemplating two means of attack against potential GOP donors. Does the term "abuse of power" sound familiar? This definitely smacks of Chicago politics or Venezuela.
FoxNews.com is reporting:
Is President Obama running scared? That’s certainly one explanation for two recent efforts to squash the flow of money into GOP campaign coffers.
Not only is the White House pushing an executive order requiring would-be federal contractors to disclose political donations – a proposal so blatantly partisan that even Democrats are crying foul – but now the IRS has climbed aboard by challenging gifts to politically involved not-for-profits.
The proposal demands that companies hoping to do business with the government disclose political gifts made within two years of the contract submission. A preview statement from Chairman Darrell Issa described “bipartisan alarm” over the suggested rule, which many think could lead to a “spoils system”. (A system, for instance, that would not be out of place in Chicago.) As Mr. Issa points out, noticeably absent from the White House Executive Order is any such requirement for unions.
Scurrying to develop other ways to clamp down on GOP money-raising and influence, the Obama administration also has the IRS scrutinizing gifts made to non-profit groups that have political leanings. The tax authority has sent letters to five wealthy donors questioning, for the first time, the treatment of gifts to such advocacy groups. President Obama has long been on the warpath against such entities, that are organized as 501(c)(4)s and that have become increasingly powerful vehicles for political activists.
If the goes through with these plans, it would be an obvious executive abuse of power (wasn't Richard Nixon crucified for using the IRS against political opponents?) and should be denied re-election or, if necessary, impeachment and removal from office.
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