Lois Adams sparked controversy by revealing the IRS targeted social welfare organizations . Author : IRS allows some of these groups to spend hundreds of millions on political ads . The government has ignored this problem for more than 50 years , says author Melanie Sloan . Crossroads GPS , for example , a nonprofit organization cofounded by former George W. Bush administration official Karl Rove , spent more than $ 70 million on the 2012 election . Sloan : Until Congress does more than show its disdain for the system , nothing will change .
Lois Adams sparked controversy by revealing the IRS targeted social welfare organizations . Author : IRS allows some of these groups to spend hundreds of millions on political ads . The government has ignored this problem for more than 50 years , says author Melanie Sloan . Sloan : Until Congress does more than show its disdain for the system , nothing will change .