naacp or recently republican congress person complained about the humane society, complained to lois lerner that took the fifth today, why aren t you looking closer at the humane society abuse of c 3. it is so comical that 501(c)3s understand the irs is stricter about c 3. so what do most c 3s do when they want to get involved in political activity? form a 501(c)4, so you have all of these convoluted organizations, super pac with a c 4 or c 3 with a c 4. they do it knowing the irs is going to misinterpret the law, allow them to do political activity through the c 4. that s why karl rove who has never done a day of social welfare i could ever interpret or find has a c 4. doesn t even have to pretend. i totally agree with you. the scandal is that the irs overinterprets c 3, goes after charitable organizations if they have a hint of disagreement with the president, naacp, but they let anybody slide through c 4.
it is so comical that 501(c)3s understand the irs is stricter about c 3. so what do most c 3s do when they want to get involved in political activity? form a 501(c)4, so you have all of these convoluted organizations, super pac with a c 4 or c 3 with a c 4. they do it knowing the irs is going to misinterpret the law, allow them to do political activity through the c 4. that s why karl rove who has never done a day of social welfare i could ever interpret or find has a c 4. doesn t even have to pretend. i totally agree with you. the scandal is that the irs overinterprets c 3, goes after charitable organizations if they have a hint of disagreement with the president, naacp, but they let anybody slide through c 4. you ve got members of congress declaring an inalienable right to be a tax exempt organization. seriously? congresswoman, i want to go
absolutely serious. re. i yes. let s just say that. what we are hearing about, i go back to keystone kops instead of big brother. what we are hearing about is the but it could be big brother. we don t know yet. exactly. if it is that s where investigations are being made but i will say that when you view the irs investigative report you see they refer to the team of specialists reviewing the c-3 and c-4 applications. it was one employee up until very recently. so this poor person was overwhelmed as the c-4 applications double between 2010 and after citizen united in 2011. the point is that i think that, you know, the senate is now paying attention and we will be having hearings on this and i think we absolutely need to look at, you know, the problem with the way these laws are being regulations are being interpreted, the massive abuses that we have seen with the c-4 form and the fact that some of them report 87% of their
and i think it is ironic that the people who most want to destroy government are now demanding that the obama administration prostrate themselves in front of the tea party who are one-third of the milk yanl milkant groups. there was a democrat told you cannot be a c-3. karl rove gets to be a charitable organization, whatever they re calling these. there were democratic organizations targeted, too. no one is asking the federal government to apologize before the democratic groups who were told no. the tea party groups were told yes. what i worry about is that the irs will become even more timid about policing this out of control situation where you have groups clearly 100% political getting a status that allows them to be effectively subsidized by taxpayers. joy reid, victoria, thank you. ahead, we ll shift gears
down river, or aboard a jungle bus, which is what locals call the world war ii era dc-3. i ve flown worse. i ve been brought mere by pablo mora, a teacher at medellin university and a particular enthusiast for this golden classic of aviation. you ve taken this flight before? yes, every chance i have. i fly one. it s a romantic thing. he sees the work these hulking great airships and their pilots do, as daredevil humanitarian missions for the more remote colombians. they have an in-flight movie? no, nor first class either. what? no, no. the planes travel with their own mechanic to cobble together anything that might go wrong. and stuff can go wrong. the risk is we ll be able to land but not take off again, so