Courtesy of WaPo's Zachary Goldfarb, it appears the IRS, just like its former tax-challenged head Tim "TurboTax" Geithner, has some problems with simple math.
The senior IRS official briefing the press just said: "I'm not good at math."
— Zachary A. Goldfarb (@Goldfarb) May 10, 2013 [2]
In her defense, the IRS official, explained: "I'm a lawyer."
— Zachary A. Goldfarb (@Goldfarb) May 10, 2013 [3]
The operative question to the IRS official is: What is one-quarter of 300?
— Zachary A. Goldfarb (@Goldfarb) May 10, 2013 [4]
Bottom line: 75 groups with "tea party" or patriot" in name were selected for screening by IRS, with 225 other advocacy groups
— Zachary A. Goldfarb (@Goldfarb) May 10, 2013 [5]