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Old 12-15-2013, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk View Post
Unions are permitted to be politically active because when you give money to a union, you are not allowed to declare it as a deduction, while you can get a tax deduction for money donated to a religious organization.

I sometimes wonder how much money churches and other 501(c)(3)s would raise if the big donors were no longer allowed to declare it on their taxes.
I guess I was mixing fruit but meant the exemptions unions and pols from the President's signature program not filing as a charity.
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