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The real IRS scandal has more to do with budget cuts than bias

  • Written by Philip Hackney, James E. & Betty M. Phillips Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
Members of the tea party movement seen rallying outside the Capitol in 2013. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Conservatives have been seething since 2013 over what they say was an unfair effort by the IRS to scrutinize right-leaning organizations more closely than other groups seeking nonprofit status.

As a report from the Treasury Department’s ins...

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