excellent point and I wholeheartedly agree.
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > > 501(c)(4) has been a particularly abused tax-free structure for political > groups (of all persuasions). I really, really don't appreciate political > groups pretending to be "cultural welfare" organizations. It is blatantly > offensive to me and a crass end around what little campaign finance rules > we are left with. > > 501(c)(3) and (4) should be genuine non-profits that aren't convenient > fronts for political activity. I want extra scrutiny for any group that > tries to apply for it. Our campaign finance system is fucked as it is, > let's at least not have fake groups designed to be a tax free shelter for > more cash dumping in favor of your particular political candidates. > > Judah > > > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Extra scrutiny, yes, of course. And since the name of the group is often > > indicative of their politicization, just a name search on buzzwords seems > > reasonable. Regardless of political stance. > > > > But punitive or extra scrutiny due to the specific beliefs is > > anti-American, in my opinion. (again, regardless of political stance) > > > > I wish people would stop looking at EVERYTHING through a political lens. > > That is hurting our country more than the actual politics on either side. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370128 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
