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Americans for Prosperity is a Social Welfare Nonprofit


Posted: May 13, 2013

I posted a link that was written back in Aug 2012, but it provides a lot of context to the current IRS targeting story. 

I'm not by any means defending the IRS.  Targeting based on any predjudice is unacceptable (i.e., churches during Bush Adm that were audited for sermons that were interpreted as anit-war).  I was warned when I itemized one year that claiming a home office was an IRS red flag and to be absolutely within the defiition of a home office because they have programs to "look" for people claiming something that was not so.

I'm going to reserve judgement (IG report regarding this due out tomorrow or next day),  but if IRS was flooded with 501(c)4 nonprofit applications at the inception of super PACs being able to claim nonprofit under the guise of Social Welfare Nonprofit (which I find ironic for a Republican PAC to claim), it would make sense that as a shortcut, Tea Party, Patriot, etc., put in a search (or on a target) might be taken to save time.  OR it could be a political thing.  And before you jump, I am aware that Democrats also have superPACS, but far fewer than Republicans, and I am aware that they also are able to operate under the guise of being Social Welfare Nonprofits.

Of course, whether politically motivated, inappropriate short-cut-taking, or just laziness, something wrong was done.

But regrding the new thing I learned today, my own opinion is that neither party should be able to claim to be a charity, accept millions of dollars from anonymous donors, and use that money for a political agenda.  This was something I had no clue about until today. 

Anyhow, there's a lot more in the link. 

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please excuse my typos... I had a vision correction misadventure - today & vision impaired NM

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Evidently, you are unaware of the Soros backed - organizations numbering in the 1000s

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Which soley support the Democrat agenda, no matter how destructive under the "guise of Social Welfare Nonprofit which I find ironic" - your words. Many of them are listed under layers and layers of other "social justice organizational" names to hide identities. Takes awhile, but since you have no problem locating what you think is harmful to Republicans, you should be able to do the same for Democrats in the name of independent research without bias.

I, too, find it ironic. - nm

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I thought I covered your criticism of my personal - opinion in my post

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I thought we were supposed to stick to the issues.

"Takes awhile, but since you have no problem locating what you think is harmful to Republicans, you should be able to do the same for Democrats in the name of independent research without bias." personal insult, not sticking to the issue.

I did say Democrats did the same thing.

You did. Appreciate your post. - nm

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What she wrote is a political issue - sm

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People need to really get a thick skin. You think someone saying since you have no problem locating what you think is harmful to repbulicans is not political or a criticism? Jeepers man, are you going to report every post you don't agree with?

Do you have any idea how many super PACs - there are?

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Just under ideology, I found progressive - 8, Liberal - 4, democrat - 2 and conservative - 10, republican - 4. Seems pretty even to me, but there are so many different groups that have super PACs, such as banks, alternative energy, environment, ethnic, agribusiness, alcoholic beverages, legal, marijuana, labor, religious, and freight rail, just to name a handful. Some of them you could guess which way they might lean, but not all. I think it's kinda unfair to say republicans have more when I'm not sure anyone really knows the true number for either.

Maybe a better descriptor would have been larger or - prolific instead of more.NM

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Yet even that couldn't help them. - Thanks to Romney's big trap.
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Go, Romney! Thanks for snagging us another O victory.

It's another Soros organization. - LM

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The arm of those who would like to control us - is far-reaching.

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Exactly the opposite. Koch organization. - nm

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exactly true! - too funny

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And the Koch brothers, using this "organization," - sm
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hopefully, was investigated by the IRS because pretending to be a "charity" (something they loathe) while being political SHOULD take away their tax-free status.

not. - oopsk

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