https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/03/march-20-roundup-2/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:41:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/03/march-20-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-146400 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:41:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=28158#comment-146400 Robert, you’re free to believe as you like, but from what I’ve read and heard, the percentage of conservative leaning groups who have been put under extreme scrutiny by the IRS to question their tax-exempt status is FAR greater than the percentage of those which are liberal leaning.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/03/march-20-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-145856 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:23:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=28158#comment-145856 I don’t think there’s a Vast Leftwing Consipiracy to deny tax-exempt status to Tea Party 501(c)3 groups. There’s a great deal of fraud with phony educational non-profits and AFAIK all receive scrutiny. The one I was involved with, which was fairly non-conversational (pet bunny rescue!) certainly got audited and was made to fill out a great deal of paperwork.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/03/march-20-roundup-2/comment-page-1/#comment-145832 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:07:01 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=28158#comment-145832 On the “ethnic identity police”: I would hope that we elect our officials on the basis of their views and qualifications rather than on their heritage. This law makes more problems than it solves.

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