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Sean Hannity’s Freedom CONcert Scam
Debbie Schlussel Blog Post ^ | March 18, 2010 | Debbie Schlussel

Posted on 03/18/2010 12:54:44 PM PDT by TRY ONE

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To: ColdWater
The assets are the charity!

The funds are held in a trust or escrow to be used when the time comes and the little kids grow up to go to college. Given some time I can weed through their tax return and find out what vehicle they use for this, but these numbers for 2007 that the author claimed were the only disbursements are total BS.

401 posted on 03/18/2010 5:47:15 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: Wpin
They exist to do good. What a horrible bunch of distorted dribble.

Maybe to your sister they do but there seems to be a lot of stuff going on in the background that your sister would not have info about.........

I like Hannity and listen every day but if Schlussel's information is true then Hannity has a lot to explain...........

Schlussel is not a leftist wacko so I can't imagine any agenda she may have........

Let the investigations begin and let the truth be known to everyone..........

402 posted on 03/18/2010 5:52:21 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: ColdWater

Would you suggest that they give $50,000 to the 5 year old kids who dad was killed in service or would you recommend that they wait until the kid is of college age?

I think someone has already pointed out that the $19 million in securities is a trust fund to be paid out as the kids get of college age.

Regardless, it would be much smarter to find out what the actual plan is before getting critical.

$19 million invested properly will be one really nice pot for the education of the children, but adding a few million every year to it as well and it will assure those kids of the opportunity.

Lets get some facts before spouting off.


403 posted on 03/18/2010 5:52:35 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
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To: Pharmboy
That bogus number came supposedly from the 2007 return...right?

I'm looking at the program expenses related to the work they do that does not include admin expenses and it is 6,084,474 dollars for that year. This does not include investments for future payouts or anything else. It is what they spent on charitable works. Period.

404 posted on 03/18/2010 5:53:37 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: Hot Tabasco

I don’t think so...this is a very very good organization.

They enjoy a four out of four star rating by the Charity Navigator organization. This is an independent charity rating org. You will see that Freedom Alliance actually spends about 80% of its expenditures directly to programs...it has numerous programs by the way, not just scholarship grants. The administrative costs are about 5%

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=6590


405 posted on 03/18/2010 5:55:49 PM PDT by Wpin (I do not regret my admiration for W)
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To: Pharmboy
In that same year, they banked about 5.1 mil in savings and expended about a million for fund raising expense. The management costs were about 750K.

You want me to break all that out for you. This is the year Schlussel got here data from!

She's pulling someones finger but it ain't mine.

406 posted on 03/18/2010 5:58:44 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: Wpin
I don’t think so...this is a very very good organization.

Don't get me wrong, I'm on your side but this Schlussel article lists a lot of "alleged substantiated information" that I really hope is not true...........

407 posted on 03/18/2010 6:00:18 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Wpin
They spend about 80% of their expenditures directly on their programs...their administrative expenditures make up almost 5% of their costs.

hmmm. They spent $438 thousand administering the distribution of $802 thousnd in scholarships. That one item alone is more than your "5%".

408 posted on 03/18/2010 6:00:58 PM PDT by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: Cold Heat

OK...if their data show that most of the money goes to the kids, then fine. It sure didn’t look that way from the returns. When the dust settles, if they’re above-board, then I will eat the crow. AFAIC for now, the jury’s still out.


409 posted on 03/18/2010 6:02:20 PM PDT by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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To: Wpin
I wonder if Schlussel took all this crap from the Daily Kos 2007 hit piece and is just regurgitating it.

If so, she is a pinhead.

410 posted on 03/18/2010 6:03:11 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: Wpin
Precisely. They do much more than just give out grants and scholarships. I'm not sure, but I think a lot of their other programs go under "expenses" because they are not cash grants. They give to the troops in other ways than cash handouts.

If any of you are unsure, just go to the website and SEE what they do yourself.

Support Our Troops
Troop Appreciation Dinners & Events

And for those of you wondering about high postage expenses...

Gifts From Home
411 posted on 03/18/2010 6:04:19 PM PDT by grateful
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To: old curmudgeon
I think someone has already pointed out that the $19 million in securities is a trust fund to be paid out as the kids get of college age.

Nothing official to back that up.

412 posted on 03/18/2010 6:05:15 PM PDT by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: grateful
They give to the troops in other ways than cash handouts.

Hannity assured me over and over that the money was going to aid veterans and the children of veterans continuing their education.

If that is not what is happening, then he lied to me.

He should be put on the street if so.

413 posted on 03/18/2010 6:07:24 PM PDT by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
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To: grateful
They also run a Leadership Academy for 14-18 year olds. I'm sure a lot of that goes into "expenses" too.
414 posted on 03/18/2010 6:09:29 PM PDT by grateful
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To: Pharmboy
I'm not a tax attorney but I did stay in a Holiday Inn Expess once....LOL...

No seriously, I do my own taxes for a sub s corporation and I can read the crap. The Alliances efficiency as a charity is top notch. Very low overhead compared to others.

There is a lot of smoke in this article. If you do a search fo the Freedom Alliance and hannity you get a old 1997 Daily Kos hit piece that states the same identical claims that Debbie expanded on and got it all wrong as was the Kos piece.

This charity looks clean as a whistle.

Now....we have the matter of the freedom concerts which are not associated with the charity. They set them up as collaboration's and they donate a portion of the gate to Freedom Alliance.

How they tie Hannity to the Alliance is beyond me because he's a donor, not a charity and he is not on the letterhead.

415 posted on 03/18/2010 6:10:59 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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I would never believe anything Debbie Schlussel wrote unless it was backed up by at least three other sources. Anytime I click on a thread and see her name as author, I click back.
416 posted on 03/18/2010 6:15:03 PM PDT by AnnaZ (I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
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To: Cold Heat

Fair enough...thanks for your good information delivered in an appropriate manner. Always appreciated...


417 posted on 03/18/2010 6:16:05 PM PDT by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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To: RaceBannon
You're too funny and too kind. I'll take Hannity's job for a tenth of the salary.

=)

418 posted on 03/18/2010 6:16:23 PM PDT by AnnaZ (I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
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To: ColdWater
You have to take it from the mission statement and the common use of securities and savings vehicles to grow the fund for expected future needs as they arise but all within the mission and the purpose of the charity. All charities have them. There is a place on the tax return where they put the excess. There is a form where they say what they did with it and the folks who monitor charities follow the data so you can be assured it is all public.
419 posted on 03/18/2010 6:17:11 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: AnnaZ

I can’t imagine what she is up to. This blog post is pure KOS kids drivel.


420 posted on 03/18/2010 6:21:55 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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