Sen. Wyden: If You Don't Want IRS Hassles, Don't Apply for Tax Exempt Status

During Tuesday’s Senate hearings into the widening IRS scandal, Senator Ron Wyden (OR-D) suggested that the conservative groups, targeted for paralyzing IRS harassment and leaks to the left-wing media, had it coming.

Wyden said that  if political groups don’t want hassles from the government, they shouldn’t go to government for tax exempt status.

Sen Wyden: If political groups don’t want hassles from government, they shouldn’t go to government asking for tax-exempt status.

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 21, 2013

Of course, it is only conservative groups who were singled out by the IRS.