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29. This is a 501(c)(3). Not really comparable to the 501(c)(4) problems

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Fri May 17, 2013, 06:42 AM

May 2013

This may or may not have been a mistake; I don't know. There certainly are all kinds of sham non-profits (in general I think the IRS should be more, not less, strict on all fronts on this). But it's a different pipeline from the one that was over-checking things named "tea party" or "patriot".

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IRS stalled conservative groups, but gave speedy approval to Obama foundation [View all] alp227 May 2013 OP

So? OldRedneck May 2013 #1

Ditto cntrfthrs May 2013 #12

Ditto to the Ditto! SoapBox May 2013 #14

The IRS tax-exempted O'Keefe's dirty tricks group, Heritage, FreedomWorks, AFP, etc. freshwest May 2013 #21

this DU or some right wing website PatrynXX May 2013 #17

That's the way government works marshall May 2013 #37

They aren't necessarily the same situation. May not be an apple-to-apple. TwilightGardener May 2013 #2

Yep... IthinkThereforeIAM May 2013 #32

Help poor Kenyans v. Spit on Congressmen tblue May 2013 #33

They are absolutely not the same. A 501(c)(3) ruling is less complicated than a 501(c)(4). Dollface May 2013 #41

Oh, no!! We must impeach Obama NOW!!! He's worse than Bush!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2013 #3

That seems to be the position of several DUers in GD alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #16

I've been trying to point that out for days davidpdx May 2013 #26

Course in order to be impeached you need to do the following PatrynXX May 2013 #18

Here is all you need to know: Raine1967 May 2013 #4

good bowens43 May 2013 #5

Break out the pitchforks and torches Politicalboi May 2013 #6

You forgot the sarcasm emote ... Trajan May 2013 #7

I believe Obama cracked a joke at the White House Correspondence Dinner about davidpdx May 2013 #27

How I wish Obama would say that tblue May 2013 #35

I wonder if by reviewing the application, the IRS discovered... VPStoltz May 2013 #8

The Obama Foundation is a 501(c)3. Not a 501(c)4 dballance May 2013 #9

"The Obama Foundation is a 501(c)3. Not a 501(c)4" SoapBox May 2013 #15

I wrote to the author of this hit-piece... DCKit May 2013 #28

Let's lots of us write LTTE tblue May 2013 #34

Ah, you beat me to it Recursion May 2013 #30

article says it's his African brother's (step brother) foundation notadmblnd May 2013 #10

So effing what. Iliyah May 2013 #11

makes sense to me, this group doesnt sound political at all LSK May 2013 #13

+1 SunSeeker May 2013 #19

It's starting to become obvious why the IRS was going after these tea party groups. tofuandbeer May 2013 #20

Politically active groups don't qualify for tax exempt even if they are conservative W T F May 2013 #22

You don't know tax law. former9thward May 2013 #36

Washington Post is reporting on a story by the Daily Caller? EC May 2013 #23

I'm beginning to John2 May 2013 #24

Yes, a wash post blog suggested so. alp227 May 2013 #25

This is a 501(c)(3). Not really comparable to the 501(c)(4) problems Recursion May 2013 #29

Wikipedia cynzke May 2013 #40

Do your paperwork w/ history correctly thats the way IRS works for nonprofit, retroactive part also. Sunlei May 2013 #31

helping poor might not look as suspicious booley May 2013 #38

Did they advocate an out and out hostility towards the payment of taxes? No? Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #39

Um, yeah. One group's focus is relief in Kenya. The other's is the overthrow of Doctor_J May 2013 #42

So fucking what? Zoeisright May 2013 #43