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Thanks for the link to this article TanDL. Of course this issue discussed above deals with “pre-crime” discrimination ala Philip K. Dick’s story which was bastardized in Tom Cruise’s movie, “Minority Report”. The IRS had to apologize because it rejected applicants because they thought them likely to break the law. The article primarily discusses how groups broke the law after they were issued the status.
Personally, I think ALL 503(C)(4) groups should be denied and disbanded. Purportedly these groups promote the social good and are allowed to participate in political activity if not their primary function and if they do not support a specific candidate. These groups have attracted huge amounts of dark pool money primarily because donor lists are not disclosed as they are if one donates directly to a candidate. Ergo, lobbyists, big corporations, criminal thugs and so on can use huge amounts of $$ to hide yet influence issues impacting all our lives. I am for open and transparent disclosure so we may discern if groups promoting this or that are puppets of or “Owe” dark pool powers who now may hide their influence. It has almost nothing to do with tax exemption as taxes woiuld be deminimus.