31 May 2013 7:29 pm
**** YOU! There's a rational thought. For the same reason liberals groups are that behave in exactly the same way. That's the law. That's not the 'law' genius. The law on 501 C 4 groups says, "Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare."http://www.law.corne...ode/text/26/501 Got that Puss? 'Exclusively' for the promotion of social welfare. None of these political organizations, left or right, should be tax exempt. Well gosh, you'd never lie, would you? Naaah! When is the last time you wrote a post complaining about the $1 billion Obama raised? Or about Democrat 501 (4)'s? liberal groups have operated for decades in the same way GPS does without Democrats complaining. Democrats were content to have 501(4) groups active as long as they were operating on behalf of liberals and their causes. For example, no Democratic leader demanded the IRS investigate the 501(4) arms of the League of Conservation Voters, National Abortion Rights Act League, VoteVets, NAACP, Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club and other liberal organizations that have spent millions excoriating Republicans, pushing liberal issues and registering voters. When Americans United for Change ran ads in 2007 slamming Republican senators up for re-election for supporting the surge of additional U.S. troops in Iraq, no Democratic lawmaker complained. Nor did Mr. Durbin gripe in 2011 when Bill Burton, his former staffer and an Obama White House official, organized Priorities USA, a 501(4) to help the president's cause. In addition, no Democratic leaders decried big money's influence when groups registered under section 501(5) of the federal code—the tax exemption for labor, agricultural or horticultural organizations—spent hundreds of millions from corporate treasuries on advocacy and political activity. That's because Democrats believe unions are more deserving of tax-exempt status than other organizations, and that corporate contributions are bad unless they come from unions' corporate treasuries. http://online.wsj.co...1200175592.html