>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

>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.