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The actual implementation of non-profit status in the US is a different issue. Consider patents. I agree with the idea of patents, but totally disagree with th
by bonaldi 16y ago
The actual implementation of non-profit status in the US is a different issue.
Consider patents. I agree with the idea of patents, but totally disagree with the US implementation. Likewise, I agree with giving discounts to non-profit organisations, but the more I dig the less I agree with the US system for awarding the status.
But that wasn't the argument made in the post. It wasn't "we would discount to non-profits if only there weren't so many lame orgs with that status" it was "why would we ever do this?".
- lsc 16y ago>The actual implementation of non-profit status in the US is a different issue. And how would you change that? I mean, you can't actually have the government decide what is "the greater good" and what is not- the whole point of charities is that they are non-governmental entities; they work on problems the government is either not addressing or addressing ineffectively.