{"id":3280,"date":"2013-05-15T08:25:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T12:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2013-05-15T08:25:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T12:25:49","slug":"fellow-progressives-the-irs-scandal-is-a-crock-and-you-should-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/therationalprogressive.com\/cms\/2013\/05\/fellow-progressives-the-irs-scandal-is-a-crock-and-you-should-fight-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellow Progressives: The IRS ‘Scandal’ Is a Crock and You Should Fight Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here\u2019s what the IRS has been looking for. The biggest political farce on earth is the extraordinarily na\u00efve perception that a Tea Party 501 (c) (3), the right-wing entity that sprung up nationwide, fully nurtured and politicized in a matter of weeks, hasn\u2019t been in daily violation of the letter and spirit of what is supposed to represent a true non-profit organization. Offices, Websites, meeting place rentals, Speakers and entertainers (often paid), their venues, travel expenses, millions of professionally printed and expensive handouts and mailers, communications \u2013 all in 50-state servitude to the Republican radical right agenda. That\u2019s many multiple millions of taxable dollars from somewhere.<\/p>\n

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A 501 (c) (4) must be operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare. The NRA is a 501 (c) (4). God knows, 30,000 gun-related deaths a year are the very definition of \u201csocial welfare.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s the definition of a 501 (c) (3). See if Tea Party and Patriots meet it. It (the organization) must be operated for one of the purposes or missions specified in Section 501. That means it operates EXCLUSIVELY for a charitable purpose, which includes such activities as providing relief for the poor (HA!!!), defending civil rights (HA!!!) and advancing education, science or religion. What? Vouchers, destroying public schools, climate-deniers ($120 million of FR money has gone to sympathetic groups) and\/or religious zealotry?<\/p>\n

The Tea Party and the extremists \u201cPatriot\u201d groups are full-on, 100%, dipped in cement political organizations. Period! They laughingly use the term \u201cissues\u201d to somehow represent proof of their non-profit status.<\/p>\n

MORE:<\/strong> Fellow Progressives: The IRS ‘Scandal’ Is a Crock and You Should Fight Back<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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