In my opinion the 501c3 organizations are a bigger problem than the 501c4 organizations. When people donate to 501c3 they get a tax deduction. Not so with the 501c4 status.

And by the way ALEC and Heritage Foundation both claim 501c3, so to the IRS they are equivalent to a Church. On the application there is a specific question, Does the organization engage in lobbying activities? Heritage has a one-word answer. No. If they answer yes, they have to show how lobbying is less than 25% of their cash outlays, which is still a lot of money for a group like ALEC that sucks in millions of contributions.

And part of ALEC’s $25,000 yearly “gold” membership, includes a couple meet and greet dinners with a roomful of Republican Congressmen, which should preclude the $25K from being tax-deductible, seeing as the corporate donor gets something in return for the contribution.

I could go on and on, but the point iss, the IRS should just blow up the entire 501c3 and 501c4 tax exempt status and let these organizations raise funds and operate without a taxpayer subsidy. We are freaking broke right?