[Gabz]

It's too bad no one's focusing on the real scandal in this story: the fact that a private organization has to clear it with the government before launching any kind of message campaign, if it might somehow influence the outcome of legislation.

NO that is not the scandal - the scandal here is that these are TAX-Exempt organizations and many receive taxpayer money government grants. The real scandal is they are permitted to spend ANY money forcing any kind of legislation.

[inquest]

The solution, then, is to do away with tax-exempt status altogether, not to use it as a way of controlling the political debate.