project. another list of cry tear ya was the group s issues included government spending, government debt, or taxes. let another list of criteria appeared as education of the public by advocacy or lobbying to, quote, make america a better place to live, unquote. finally it consisted of any statements in the case file criticizing how the country is being run. the reason for these criteria was inappropriate is they did not focus on tax-exempt laws and treasury regulations. for example 501c3 organizations may not engage in political campaign intervention. 501c4 organizations can but it must not be their primary activity. political campaign intervention is action taken on behalf of or against a particular candidate running for office. although these criteria appeared in the irs s own documentation as of june 2011 irs employees