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ORIGINAL: vincentML

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail
The promotion of social welfare does not include direct or indirect participation or intervention in political campaigns on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. However, a section 501(c)(4) social welfare organization may engage in some political activities, so long as that is not its primary activity.
I do not believe that the IRS definition differs from this and that they are in violation of it.
Whether you agree with it or not.

The above wording mandated that IRS employees examine the amount of political activity and that lead to the claims of discrimination by the Right.
The IRS definition does not comply with the wording of the Law, however. The IRS expands the Law in its Regs by changing the meaning of exclusively to primarily. Where does that come from?
To be operated exclusively to promote social welfare, an organization must operate primarily to further the common good and general welfare of the people of the community (such as by bringing about civic betterment and social improvements).

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: vincentML

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail
The promotion of social welfare does not include direct or indirect participation or intervention in political campaigns on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. However, a section 501(c)(4) social welfare organization may engage in some political activities, so long as that is not its primary activity.
I do not believe that the IRS definition differs from this and that they are in violation of it.
Whether you agree with it or not.

The above wording mandated that IRS employees examine the amount of political activity and that lead to the claims of discrimination by the Right.
The IRS definition does not comply with the wording of the Law, however. The IRS expands the Law in its Regs by changing the meaning of exclusively to primarily. Where does that come from?
To be operated exclusively to promote social welfare, an organization must operate primarily to further the common good and general welfare of the people of the community (such as by bringing about civic betterment and social improvements).

Do you not understand that lobbying for certain policies is operating to promote social welfare?

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail
Acorn was not a 503 group.  Stupider analogies have never been crafted on the entire internet.

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail
Nope dont read foolish dumbasses

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: vincentML

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail
The promotion of social welfare does not include direct or indirect participation or intervention in political campaigns on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. However, a section 501(c)(4) social welfare organization may engage in some political activities, so long as that is not its primary activity.
I do not believe that the IRS definition differs from this and that they are in violation of it.
Whether you agree with it or not.

The above wording mandated that IRS employees examine the amount of political activity and that lead to the claims of discrimination by the Right.
The IRS definition does not comply with the wording of the Law, however. The IRS expands the Law in its Regs by changing the meaning of exclusively to primarily. Where does that come from?
To be operated exclusively to promote social welfare, an organization must operate primarily to further the common good and general welfare of the people of the community (such as by bringing about civic betterment and social improvements).

Do you not understand that lobbying for certain policies is operating to promote social welfare?

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ORIGINAL: MrRodgers

She's gone now anyway so we now have two repub desired sacrificial lambs gone from the IRS. So can we get on with the normal business of more fillibusters please ?

Now this admin. could have say...outed some CIA field agent (clearly a felony and impeachable as anything) for speaking truth but the dems aren't as good as the repubs on this kind of illegality.