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To: Mr. Bird
Regarding "non-profit", Virginia is Mother to the Constitution, and to the statutes of the United States, and to the legal codes governing the District of Columbia.

It is highly unlikely that the nonprofit status of an institution IN DC is different than that of such an entity in Virginia.

There simply hasn't been all that much time to pass for such basic legal understandings (and the laws associated with them) to diverge to any great degree.

Which is to say I'm more than familiar with non-profit organizations in Virginia, in DC and as understood by federal agencies that have to be concerned with such matters (IRS and USPS).

So, what is it you want to know? Not that any nonprofit automatically gets a tax break in DC, but WHC has been around for a very long time ~ even sits atop land I'd suspect a title review would show is LEASED for some ridiculously low sum from the US government.

Over the years the tax depletion engendered by acquisition of exemptions from property tax by nonprofit organizations located in DC has been a hot topic.

Everyone who's lived here more than 20 years would understand the question.

I fear I have been converted to the point of view that in DC none but religious institutions should be exempt from taxation. All the other nonprofits gain "value" from the address and siting and should be taxed just as if they were "for profit" stock corporations.

Suffice it to say, regarding going to WHC for service, we ain't gonna' do it again ~ no how, no way, and management there was remarkably unresponsive.

BTW, I am unaware of any anti-nepotism law that reaches out to private corporations. Maybe you are aware of one. I simply think it interferes with the provision of service to the paying customers more often than it helps in that provision.

My argument was that a take over by a private for-profit company would take form rapidly with the immediate termination of managers with personal relationships with other managers, or the staff.

Do you disagree? Humana has taken over other operations ~ certainly they must have a record.

107 posted on 03/01/2010 5:02:36 PM PST by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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To: muawiyah
My curiosity was piqued by your assertion that nepotism was an inherent condition of WHC's structure. Is it? If so, that's important. But of course, it's not. You just flailed about with a ridiculous idea.

You're now trying to lump philosophical thoughts into an incoherent attack on WHC. WHC has existed for over 50 years; any and all "profits" derived from the services it provides are by law pumped back into the operation. There is no such thing as a tax break for an entity such as WHC. You're accusations are shameful. You have no clue; go ahead and be pissed off, but don't pretend you know anything about how the world works. Before I go, can you please hook us up with the nepotism charge you asserted? It's the least you can do. Or were you just lying?

108 posted on 03/01/2010 5:26:57 PM PST by Mr. Bird
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