One bad apple vs. another one
It seems the IRS is auditing the NEA:
The IRS is auditing the nation’s largest teachers union, scrutinizing an organization that works energetically to elect candidates but files tax returns reporting zero political expenditures from member dues.
The National Education Association promised Monday to cooperate, but its president, Reg Weaver, said the union “will not be silenced” by the audit or the conservative law firm that requested it.
NEA spokeswoman Kathleen Lyons said the audit began last week. “It will be a complete, thorough audit,” she said. “The IRS has not singled out any particular aspect of our activities.”
Weaver and Lyons predicted the association would be exonerated, contending the IRS found no problems when it audited the NEA’s 1993 tax return. The IRS is prohibited by law from publicly discussing audits of specific taxpayers.
While they’re at it, they should audit Rainbow/Push, the ACLU, and the NRA. The fallout would be interesting.
November 25th, 2003 at 10:37 pm
Actually, the NRA has a political lobbying arm that is not tax-exempt, so I think they’d pass with little to no problem.
November 26th, 2003 at 9:20 am
So does the aclu. The question is are they mingling funds.
November 26th, 2003 at 10:54 am
A more telling exercise would be to audit every church in the land.