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The real crime is the several hundred nakedly political "tea party" groups filing as nonprofit "social welfare" organizations that got away with it. They're pro

by guelo 10y ago

The real crime is the several hundred nakedly political "tea party" groups filing as nonprofit "social welfare" organizations that got away with it. They're probably politically untouchable now and can spend all their illegally tax free money this election.

oh_sigh 10y ago
As if there aren't many on the other side of the 1D political spectrum as well.
- Frondo 10y ago
  Ok, but now you're making a specific claim. The original claim: lots of right-wing groups organized as a type of tax-exempt group that didn't measure up under scrutiny. This has been well-documented. Your new claim: left-wing groups do it too!! I'm sure it won't be hard for you to produce the documentation of that.
  - leesalminen 10y ago
    It does happen [0] http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/13/tina-brown-charity-big-celebrities-short-charity/ http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/13/tina-brown-cha... I don't think this is a left vs right issue. It's a greed issue.
    - Frondo 10y ago
      Ok, that's one. The claim is that it's widespread for left-leaning groups.
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      - oh_sigh 10y ago
        First, I said "many", and how many would you require me to produce to be satisfied?
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jessaustin 10y ago
untouchable I'm fairly sympathetic to the "Tea Party" movement in general, but I have to completely agree with this. It's actually worse: the IRS have had their chain jerked, so they will be very hesitant to go after any political group in future. Gosh, I wonder who will benefit most from unregulated tax exemptions for political entities? Perhaps Congress?