This article was obviously written from an ivory tower.  The IRS scandal affected over 500 mostly conservative groups before Obama's re-election.  I do not believe anyone was fired and many employees have been re-hired.

The vast majority are self-serving no matter who they work for.  You stick up for what is right and sooner or later or you will be hurt.  It's been that way for a long time.

The water in the swamp is very thick and its inhabitants are extremely set in their ways.  Reform is desperately needed and that doesn't mean another tax like Obamacare which gives others even more control.