While I’ve been away over the summer, the nonprofit sector
has been further degraded by those who are using its legal and regulatory
system to hide their electioneering efforts.
Friday, September 13, 2013
When and Where Will the Politicization of the Nonprofit Sector End?
As reported in today’s 09/13/13
NYTIMES article entitled, “TaxFilings Hint at Extent of Koch Brothers’ Reach,” the Koch brothers are now using
a network of financially linked 501c-6 and 501c4 nonprofits to launder millions
of tax-deductible “membership dues” that are being used for political
purposes. This is making it virtually
impossible to identify the source of funding for the political activities of
so-called social welfare organizations.
Welcome to the new "Nonprofit Sector" in which layers of interlocking “shell”
organizations are created in order to obscure the source and usage of de facto political
campaign contributions.
When will the nonprofit sector stand up and
state in the clearest and strongest possible words, “Enough is enough! We are not going to allow the public’s trust
in the nonprofit sector to be eroded by those who want to manipulate its laws
and regulations to secretly influence our nation’s free and
democratic elections. If you want to
influence the outcome of elections, do so within the rules and structures of our
nation’s campaign finance laws. Stay out
of our nonprofit sector! You are not welcome here!” Thoughts?
PS There
is a second article in the 9/13/13 NYTIMES about the influence of “outside”
money in the current NYC mayoral race now that a billionaire, spending millions
of his own dollars on advertising, is not running. And no surprise, the Koch brothers are at the
center of this “outside” money and activity.
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