Big-Money Politics Groups Get Clarity From IRS They Hate

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-19/big-money-politics-groups-get-clarity-from-irs-they-hate.html

Groups that want to spend millions of dollars on political campaigns without disclosing their donors are getting a clear road map on how to do so from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

And some of the groups don’t like it one bit.

Republicans criticize the proposed IRS rules as an attack on free speech because they would limit voter guides and candidate forums. The rules also would provide a legal path for groups organized under section 501(c)(4) of the tax code to air campaign ads.

That would give some of the biggest players from the 2012 campaign, including Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, greater certainty to run ads in ways that don’t risk their tax-exempt status going forward. They could run issue-based ads that mention candidates’ names months before an election, and then switch to a direct pitch closer to the vote.

[Loudly]

1. The Amendment:

It shall not be an infringement of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution for Congress to limit by law the raising and expenditure of money in public elections.

[Gothmog]

2. I like the proposed IRS rules

Many of the rules are needed.

[Bandit]

3. I wish the IRS would just follow the LAW as it is written.

That would solve a lot of the problems