The ability of the government to silence non-profit organizations is one of the most vile things that Congress has ever done and one of the best reasons to get rid of the income tax.
Episcopal ping. You play with fire, you may get burned.
What with the "war on terrorism" going on, the IRS should be at the top of the hit list.
It is the income tax code that gives rise to "non-profit" organizations. And if you examine the history of non-profits, Democrats and other socialists were way out front of the more recent conservative think tanks which are actually a reaction to the unopposed very successful use of the socialistic non-profits to lobby and advance their political agenda. If you think about it carefully, the single strongest argument for scrapping the income tax code is to get rid of the charitable deduction which has served to finance the advance of socialism and finance the dominance enjoyed by the Democratic Party for decades after the XVIth Amendment was passed. The surest way to make sure "non-profits" are not used to shape the political agenda instead of serving as charitable, educational, or scientific organizations is by making sure the money comes from donors and not from indirect payments from taxpayers via the "code".
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