Some conservatives and libertarians long suspected that the IRS may be targeting Tea Party and limited government groups. The conservative news outlet The Blaze questioned whether the Obama administration was using the IRS to silence liberty-minded groups due to their outrageous demands and scrutiny over a year ago.  According toThe Blaze, The Ohio Liberty Council’s (OLC) President Tom Zawistokowski wrote that the IRS had been demanding very detailed information on the OLC’s activities back in early … Read entire article »

As one of our millions of FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and urge him or her to vote YES on H.R. 45, a bill to fully repeal ObamaCare. Introduced by Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN), it would repeal both the full Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the additional health care provisions that were added in the Health Care Reconciliation Act later. It is critical that ObamaCare be fully repealed … Read entire article »

In nearly every state across the country, legislators are looking for ways to maintain vital services to the neediest among us. Education, police, fire and health services have been cut in efforts to trim government budgets, so what does it say about a state’s priorities when the top paid public employees are athletic coaches? A recent study shows that, in all but ten states, the highest paid employee is an athletic coach. Usually this is a … Read entire article »

In the wake of allegations that the Internal Revenue Service has been extensively used as a weapon by the Obama Administration against political foes, many have reflected on the frightening notion that the IRS will soon be in charge of your health care and what services you are provided under Obamacare. It is worth remembering that it has been proposed to nationalize the tax preparation process under the IRS – you know, because nationalizing health … Read entire article »

The American Heritage Medical Dictionary defines ‘superiority complex’ as an exaggerated feeling of being superior to others.  McGraw-Hill defines it as any number of behaviors, including self-aggrandization.  What better defines feelings of superiority and self-aggrandizement than the claim of former vice-President Al Gore, who once famously proclaimed to have taken the “initiative in creating the internet”. Perhaps the Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful from Massachusetts, Ed Markey, is trying to channel Gore’s self-aggrandizing approach, taking some level of … Read entire article »

Paul Krugman is at it again. The Nobel Prize-winning, devoutly Keynesian economist argued in a recent column that the thing needed to cure the sluggish American economy is, wait for it, more inflation. This is the classic Keynesian view that the Federal Reserve can stimulate the economy by inflating the currency. Krugman is doubtless basing his reasoning at least partially on the well known, but now outdated Phillips Curve, which demonstrated a historical inverse correlation … Read entire article »

Washington, DC- Following new discoveries of the IRS’s targeting of small-government groups applying for tax-exempt status, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe released the following statement: “This is not a political issue, this is a First Amendment issue. Mom and Pop citizen groups critical of the federal government and/or engaged in educating their fellow citizens on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were specifically targeted by IRS agents. This ominous stifling of free speech can never happen again … Read entire article »

Washington, DC- The Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, S. 743 on Monday evening, a piece of legislation that would force online stores to collect sales taxes on behalf of other states, regardless of the web company’s physical location. FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe commented, “The Internet sales tax bill was passed in the name of ‘fairness for small business,’ but championed by Washington insiders, big box retail lobbyists and tax collectors. With friends like that for … Read entire article »

The IRS has been sharing confidential applications and documents from conservative organizations to such news sources as Pro-Publica – funded by George Soros. Hopefully the image below is helpful in sharing and letting people know about the corruption going on over at the IRS. If you or someone you know has been targeted by the IRS due to your political beliefs – please share your story with us at IRS Target. Read more for graphic. Read more CompleteA … Read entire article »

Washington, DC- FreedomWorks congratulates Mark Sanford on his Congressional special election victory in South Carolina’s 1st District. FreedomWorks PAC endorsed Mark Sanford one week prior to the special election, when Sanford stood 9 points behind his opponent in the polls. FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe commented, “Mark Sanford’s victory tonight is further evidence that the political power balance in Washington has shifted. A strong fiscally conservative candidate, backed by a tenacious community of issue-driven grassroots activists, can … Read entire article »