The NYT has an article showing about how a number of the Tea Bagger groups questioned have, most likely, violated the terms of the charity status. It's clear that those groups should have been investigated. However, the NYT handily ignores (no surprise, really) the bigger issue. It's hard to believe that many left wing 501(c) organization didn't do ( Read more... )

Last night's Colbert Report has a very interesting segment. It seems that 501(c) organizations have no legal requirement to ask permission from the IRS to form. Colbert then asked the funny question: Why did a bunch of right wing people, who hate the government and say big government is bad, bother to ask the government something they didn't need ( Read more... )