Radio Commentator Sez He Was Targeted By IRS

The following is a transcript of Todd Starnes ’s midday Fox Radio commentary – heard daily on hundreds of radio stations around the nation.

Todd Starnes

“By now you’ve heard that the Internal Revenue Service has been engaged in Nixonian-style investigations of conservative groups. 

Words like “Tea Party” or “patriots” trigged special scrutiny by government revenuers. That was back in 2011 — about the same time I started hosting this daily commentary. And based on my subject matter, it’s safe to say that President Obama and I are not exactly b.f.f.’s. 

Not too long after we launched the commentaries, I got word that I was being audited — all the way back to 2004. I hired an attorney and CPA and began the arduous task of battling the IRS. My CPA said he’s never seen the government agency so uncooperative. After months of hammering out a deal – they notified me last month that they re-tallied the numbers and discovered I owed twice as much as they originally said. 

My CPA said something just didn’t feel right. The IRS, he said, seemed overly aggressive. It was almost like they had an axe to grind — a vendetta. 

Friends, dealing with the IRS over the past few years has been nothing short of government-sanctioned bullying — a license to shakedown. 

And the latest revelations should strike fear into the heart and bank account of every American taxpayer. Because if the government can come after someone like me — you could be next."

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