“Krystal Ball,” is that her porn star name or real one?
Via Free Beacon:
MSNBC host Krystal Ball excused the actions of IRS agents who targeted conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status on The Last WordMonday night, saying budget cuts left them without the resources to do their jobs and they had to “enforce the law as they understood it.”
“The other big story here I think that has been missed in the press is the fact that the IRS budget has been cut to the point that these agents can’t do their jobs,” she said. “They do not have the resources to do their jobs, so they were trying with the limited resources they have to enforce the law as they understood it. It was not proper, but you can understand with what they’re working with, why they went in that direction.”
Ball’s implication: agents had no nefarious motives but, because of budget cuts, misinterpreted the law which led them to single out groups bearing words like “Tea Party,” “Patriot” and “Constitution” in their titles for additional scrutiny.