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New Poll: Alarm Over IRS Abuse Growing, Not Receding

The Obama Administration, Congressional Democrats and liberals generally may claim that the IRS scandal is essentially resolved, that "there's no there there."  The American people disagree, and in growing numbers.

According to a Rasmussen survey released today, some 70% now believe that the unconstitutional and criminal targeting originated in Washington, not some insular Cincinnati cubicle:

While the controversy over the National Security Agency surveillance program has dominated the news recently, concern about the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations remains high and is inching up.  Despite the large number of controversies engulfing official Washington, the number of people following the IRS scandal has actually increased…[more]

June 18, 2013 • 05:17 pm

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