[Modernman]

And bureaucrats will decide which are which. No thanks.

They come pre-determined. Non-profit organizations have to meet certain qualifications to get tax benefits, so there's already a list of every qualified non-profit organization in the US. PAC's are the same (except for the tax break). So, the federal government won't have to do anything to determine who falls into these two categories except look at an already existing list.

[palmer]

Sounds quite tidy (except for the 40 foot stack of tax and corporate regulations). Back when I still had a land line phone I got calls from "charities" offering to help with my debt payments. But if that sounds disturbing to you, you can always lobby to have them excluded from calling your phone also.