Obviously, the Catholic League is not tax exempt! --- disinformation sucks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_League_(U.S.) Legal status: Non-profit $22.7 million in assets On May 17, 12:08 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Obviously, the Catholic League is not tax exempt! > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:06 PM, plainolamerican > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > IRS Targeted Catholic League > > --- > > the tax-exempt status for religious groups must end. > > > On May 17, 10:59 am, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > IRS Targeted Catholic > > > League< > >http://americac2c.com/profiles/blogs/irs-targeted-catholic-league?xg_...> > > > > By Bill Donohue > > > > The problems with the IRS extend beyond playing politics with > > conservative > > > groups seeking a tax-exempt status. I have never made this public before, > > > but given the heightened interest in the way the IRS has conducted > > itself, > > > the time has come to disclose what happened. > > > > Just weeks after Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, I was > > notified > > > by the IRS that the Catholic League was under investigation for violating > > > the IRS Code on political activities as it relates to 501(c)(3) > > > organizations. What the IRS did not know was that I had proof who > > contacted > > > them to launch the investigation: Catholics United, a George Soros-funded > > > Catholic organization. > > > > The IRS was contacted on June 5, 2008, to launch a probe of the Catholic > > > League, and the letter sent to me was dated Nov. 24, 2008. The June > > > 5letter was sent to the IRS by lawyers from Catholics United; it was > > > mailed > > > to Director Marsha Ramirez, director of Exempt Organizations > > Examinations, > > > and to Lois G. Lerner, director of EO Division. > > > > The "evidence" against me was nothing more than news releases and > > articles > > > I had written during the presidential campaign on various issues. The > > > lawyers also asked the IRS to question the source of new funding we had > > > received, implying that we received illegal contributions. > > > > The timing is not coincidental. On Oct. 20, I issued a news release, > > > "George Soros Funds Catholic Left," and on Oct. 23, I wrote another one, > > > "Catholic Left Scandal Mounts"; both mentioned Catholics United. The same > > > day, Oct. 23, I was asked to go on CNN, and when Catholics United found > > > out, they contacted the station trying to spike the interview. > > > > The person who did this was the head of Catholics United, Chris Korzen. > > He > > > said I was not "an authentic Catholic commentator and representative of > > the > > > Catholic Church," and that they should either drop me altogether or put > > me > > > on with Alexia Kelley of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good > > > (Catholics United is listed on the 990 of Catholics in Alliance as a > > > related organization; Soros greases this group, and by extension, > > Catholics > > > United). > > > > The bid to keep me off TV failed. But here's the key: Korzen was dumb > > > enough to share with CNN the complaint issued by his group to the IRS. > > The > > > document, which was leaked to me by someone at CNN, matches up > > > extraordinarily well with the IRS complaint of Nov. 24. > > > > In the end, the IRS concluded that although the Catholic League had > > > "intervened in a political campaign," it was "unintentional, isolated, > > > non-egregious and non-recurring"; our tax-exempt status remained intact. > > > This is false: I intentionally addressed political issues, and did not > > > intervene in the campaign, unless, of course, my freedom to speak about > > > political issues is a violation of the IRS Code. If that is the case, > > then > > > this IRS unit should fold. > > > > So the problem extends beyond the IRS. It extends to left-wing activists, > > > funded by left-wing tycoons, all for the purpose of silencing > > > conservatives. It's time someone was held accountable for this obscene > > > political game. > > > -- > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "PoliticalForum" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visithttps://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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