To: Sen. Ted Cruz (TX-2)
Ted Cruz: stop the IRS fearmongering
Stop politically motivated attacks on the IRS and focus on the real scandal -- unlimited anonymous spending in our elections.
Why is this important?
The IRS shouldn't look the other way while secret spending overwhelms our democracy and lets a few million-dollar front groups influence our elections but hide their donors by claiming “social welfare” tax status.
Sen. Ted Cruz isn’t happy with the IRS either -- for all the wrong reasons. Tomorrow, he’ll bring the IRS’s commissioner before a Senate hearing hoping to scare him into further inaction, and might claim that enforcing campaign rules is bad for democracy.
But the real threat to democracy is the unchecked, unlimited, secret spending that's happening under the IRS's watch. Sen. Cruz could use his position and national profile to shine a light on this important issue and spur the IRS into action. Instead, he's playing political games. Tell him to change his tune.