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Up2Late

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15. I'm pretty sure you form a Tax Exempt "social welfare organization" to NOT pay taxes...
Wed May 22, 2013, 01:01 AM
May 2013

...so why would you file a form to not pay taxes that you never planned to pay?

I don't think you fully understand how screwed up this law is, a 501 (c) (4) is basically a now legal way to launder unlimited amounts of campaign cash from anonymous donors, you don't have to tell the IRS anything about how much money passes through one of these Tax Exempt "social welfare organization." I know it sounds impossible, but that is how the law was written and how the SCOTUS interpreted it in the Citizens United case.

Btw, Trever Potter is the former commissioner (1991–1995) and chairman (1994) of the United States Federal Election Commission, he was there when this Law was written, so I'm pretty sure he's the guy to turn to if you have a question about this Law.

If you really want to understand how screwed up this law is, check out these videos, they explain it very well, the show won a Peabody Award for these "reports":

http://www.colbertnation.com/video/Trevor+Potter

If you prefer reading to watching some great video, here's a good summery of what he covered in the videos:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/colbert-super-pac_n_1212960.html

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I've been pushing the same point - 230 groups flagged for extra scrutiny NEVER WHINED ABOUT IT blm May 2013 #1
Dirty....Rotten...Scandrals !!!! maidensandiego May 2013 #3
They are total morons, babylonsister May 2013 #5
king george Chaco Dundee May 2013 #9
I've been wondering that myself... Up2Late May 2013 #10
You need to file the forms so taxes are not paid on contributions. former9thward May 2013 #14
I'm pretty sure you form a Tax Exempt "social welfare organization" to NOT pay taxes... Up2Late May 2013 #15
You need to file the form to get IRS exemption not to pay. former9thward May 2013 #18
He is a real lawyer, it's you who needs to read this section of the Law! Up2Late May 2013 #22
The Tea Party was astroturfed from the beginning so it only follows they would use every trick. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #2
Attack them as whiners incapable of accepting normal vetting process on FB and Twitter, too. blm May 2013 #4
WhineBaggers (R) Berlum May 2013 #6
LOLOL blm May 2013 #17
Whinebagger! Brigid May 2013 #26
I found these GREAT old video clips, last night, at The Daily Show's archive Up2Late May 2013 #7
Good stuff. I found a Rachel Maddox from that same time: freshwest May 2013 #12
What do they have to conceal? (NT) The Wizard May 2013 #11
Do you put political stuff on your facebook page? AngryAmish May 2013 #19
No - It goes on FB pages of news media posting about these topics blm May 2013 #20
oh, nevermind AngryAmish May 2013 #21
Oh yes, plenty of stuff. Up2Late May 2013 #23
Great stuff! nt babylonsister May 2013 #8
oh come on !! The teabaggers bravely serve in the 81st Chairborne!!! n/t cosmicone May 2013 #13
HAH! blm May 2013 #16
I don't get that reference at all... Up2Late May 2013 #24
Chair-borne as opposed to Air-borne? cosmicone May 2013 #30
Ah! I get it! Sorry, my dyslexia was putting a L in there Up2Late May 2013 #31
Hope your ophthalmologist can do cosmicone May 2013 #32
Yeah, I'm probably going to try the Gas permiable contacts first... Up2Late May 2013 #33
They take a licking and keep on ticking? One_Life_To_Give May 2013 #25
kicking for later viewing! arcane1 May 2013 #27
I love Colbert gopiscrap May 2013 #28
I never liked using the word pussies to refer to a weak person, even in jest marshall May 2013 #29
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