Posted on 02/28/2002 7:04:58 AM PST by pke
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:51:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The Rev. Jesse Jackson's premier tax-exempt organization has not filed a state tax return for 2000 and is in danger of losing its legal authority to raise money, an official with the Illinois attorney general's office said.
"This is problematic," said Dan Anders, a spokesman for the office, which regulates tax-exempt businesses in Illinois. "The forms were due in June, and over the last eight months, we have sent notices and contacted them by phone.
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Jessie: "Watch out in coming days of the right-wing media, the FBI, the IRS, targeting our leadership."Memo to Jessie: Hey adulterer, since you've done something illegal (not filed your taxes), why are you surprised when you get targeted? If I didn't pay my taxes, I'd be targeted too. Is your brain working properly? "You are on the way to destruction. You have no chance to survive; make your time."
Right you are. And the Rev'rund Jackson will stage some photo-ops with his true believers so he can scream "Racism"!
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson's premier tax-exempt organization has not filed a state tax return for 2000 and is in danger of losing its legal authority to raise money, an official with the Illinois attorney general's office said.
"This is problematic," said Dan Anders, a spokesman for the office, which regulates tax-exempt businesses in Illinois. "The forms were due in June, and over the last eight months, we have sent notices and contacted them by phone.
"They told us a month ago that they would file, but we still don't have the forms. If they can't comply, their registration will be canceled."
He said the Citizenship Education Fund, Mr. Jackson's primary funding vehicle, is eight months delinquent in filing and has never asked for a deadline extension or explained the delay. . . . .
Mr. Jackson's poor stewardship of $5.6 million in federal grants and contracts received during the Carter administration, subsequently missed repayments and last year's debacle over unreported salaries in his organizations have given his enemies plenty of ammunition.
Conservative watchdog groups filed complaints and called for investigations after the disclosure of Mr. Jackson's finances last year, which initially were incomplete.
The American Conservative Union filed grievances with the IRS and the Federal Election Commission, requesting audits of organizations run by the 60-year-old civil rights figurehead.
Mr. Jackson, who earns around $500,000 annually, repeatedly has accused his detractors of political motivations.
"We are in danger because of the right wing," Mr. Jackson told a crowd in Atlanta at November's State of the Black World Conference. "The right wing has seized government. ... Watch out in coming days of the right-wing media, the FBI, the IRS, targeting our leadership."
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Conservative need to realize that we win when we fight fire with fire. If we are smart, we will hold liberal groups to the same standard that Conservative groups have faced for years. Does anyone want to bet that if jessie is audited, he will urge restricting the power of the IRS?
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