MY suggestion on 501c3 groups is that all donors be made a matter of public record, just like political parties are required to do. Let's see how much Arab oil money funds the Sierra Club. Let's see what wackos give the most money to PETA. How much DNC money has been funneled to MoveOn? Who funds Daily Kos?
I have NO problem with this being applied to all non-profits. If donors want to keep their donations secret, I must assume it is because they are ashamed, and that is not a good enough reason.
501c3 groups have an inordinant amount of power over the public discourse and the passage of legislation, as well as funding many court challenges to development, energy exploration, and governmental policies. I want to know who pays the bills for these groups.
Pat Buchanan just came on with Imus.
I want these groups to pay the same bills they constantly advocate we pay while exempting themselves.
Completely abolishing the income tax would do that and essentially abolish them as well. But, if we cannot do that, make their own personal vices subject to the same invasive regulations they support via the tax code.
People like Grover Norquist also need to get off of the corporate welfare.