Mother Jones has published the second installment of its investigation of the tea party, titled “Don’t ask, Don’t tell.”
“The nation’s largest tea party group wants your money. Just don’t inquire about where it’s going,” it reads. “There’s nothing illegal about what TPP is doing—but it’s certainly not the action of an outfit that welcomes public scrutiny.”
Some highlights of the report:
•”TPP claims it is a 501(c)(4) entity. That means the group does not pay taxes, but donations to the group aren’t tax-deductible. Yet despite raising millions of dollars since its founding in February 2009, TPP has not even applied to the IRS for such official status, according to a TPP spokesman. And the IRS confirms that it has not filed paperwork that would reveal basic information about its finances.”
•”(Jenny) Martin said last summer that she was making $6,000 a month for her work. But activists have been unable to officially confirm her salary or Meckler’s. Asked late last year by Mother Jones, Meckler refused to say how much he’s being paid, though such information is legally required to be disclosed on a charity’s tax forms.
•”TPP’s honchos don’t take kindly to questions about how they are spending the group’s money, either.”
The rest of the article is here.
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Oh my, grifters on parade…I didn’t know Meckler was a pyramid scheme, oh sorry, multi-level “marketer” guy…and dear Jenny, is it? claimed she’s making 6k a month off the tea people?…Tea people, smarten up…I feel badly for youall.
For $100 you can learn all about the TPP’s Forty Year Plan.
http://www.summit11.org/
You can save $ by camping out at Walmart, however:
http://jeffpelline.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/beat-the-recession-camp-out-at-walmart-for-free/
Bloggers like Pelline will “tell it” to us for free…Because his blog well…rocks…
I used to do COMDEX on foot, camping out at KOA, flying down, rental car, all gear sent via UPS, and returned the same way. Bought cheap used bikes while I was there, covered more ground faster between the convention centers than anyone except the roller skaters maybe…
Meckler is the grandson of Amy Semple MacPhearson? Wonder if he secretly gives out silver quarters to the homeless?
The Meckler’s are “pocket liners”. The TPP is a money scam.
As noted here before, the Tea Party, from its own local website, behaves just like a political party, as said in this article, though like another local business-oriented group formerly claiming non-profit tax status, it surely doesn’t seem to act like a charitable group. Tea Party, so far as its organization and activities, at local and national levels, behaves just like the other organized political parties As for being a non-profit tax-exempt charitable organization, it is time that they went public with tax forms to back up this claim. The IRS is quick to audit any of us individuals whom they suspect of being tax cheats. What and who are protecting this organization from public scrutiny of financial records? Kudos to Mother Jones for bringing up questions which need to be answered.
I second that. Where are the audits and tax filings for this so called “non-profit tax-exempt” entity?