Chuck Todd on IRS Scandal: ‘Are There Any Actual Real Victims?’

Chuck Todd Time now ░░░░░░░░ my Takeaway The controversy ░░░░░░░░ IRS may be more ░░░░░░░░ a year old but ░░░░░░░░ course we re still ░░░░░░░░ about it On Monday ░░░░░░░░ IRS Commissioner testified before ░░░░░░░░ A week after the ░░░░░░░░ told Senate investigators that ░░░░░░░░ years of e mails ░░░░░░░░ in a computer crash ░░░░░░░░ in 2011 While this ░░░░░░░░ doesn t make the ░░░░░░░░ Administration nor the IRS ░░░░░░░░ very good it s ░░░░░░░░ to remember what this ░░░░░░░░ story is about because ░░░░░░░░ s gotten lost The ░░░░░░░░ at hand is whether ░░░░░░░░ political organizations should be ░░░░░░░░ as tax exempt social ░░░░░░░░ groups under the tax ░░░░░░░░ and both political parties ░░░░░░░░ pointing blame Republicans say ░░░░░░░░ just conservative sounding groups ░░░░░░░░ targeted by the IRS ░░░░░░░░ s why they want ░░░░░░░░ see the e mails ░░░░░░░░ have responded by claiming ░░░░░░░░ liberal groups were targeted ░░░░░░░░ But here is the ░░░░░░░░ many are missing Why ░░░░░░░░ primarily political organizations get ░░░░░░░░ taxpayer exemption basically get ░░░░░░░░ handout from the tax ░░░░░░░░ Both sides are in ░░░░░░░░ uproar because they couldn ░░░░░░░░ take advantage of a ░░░░░░░░ shady way to raise ░░░░░░░░ for political purposes or ░░░░░░░░ money for political purposes ░░░░░░░░ while the IRS is ░░░░░░░░ not a good guy ░░░░░░░░ they have been terrible ░░░░░░░░ being forthcoming Are there ░░░░░░░░ actual real victims Folks ░░░░░░░░ scandal is not black ░░░░░░░░ white since frankly two ░░░░░░░░ don t make a ░░░░░░░░ We know what really ░░░░░░░░ working here for Republicans ░░░░░░░░ up the IRS good ░░░░░░░░ the base Good politics ░░░░░░░░ makes for great fundraising ░░░░░░░░ mails But let s ░░░░░░░░ what the controversy itself ░░░░░░░░ about.”