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Haha. You said widgets. Reminds me of that Rodney Dangerfield movie "Back To School". Anyway...yeah...back to the thing.

My point is basically thus...NPOs can exist and it's great that they do so long as they're held accountable. I forget which branch of the government hands out the tax status, but I'm sure the process is pretty well flawed. If I turned in two applications...one for "Brotherhood Of Christ Pet Hospital" and another for "Stupid Unwed Mothers Get Abortions For Free", I'm sure one would be looked at a whole helluva lot closer than the other (name oddities not withstanding). I really think that NPOs...ANY of them...should be subject to a yearly audit to prove what they're doing with the money. If they don't meet a standard, they lose their status.

And Will...the Klan actually did used to enjoy trying to apply for tax exempt status but kept getting rejected. They're a white protestant group and in their hay day (in the way back machine) they actually did community works projects. Scientology too was originally granted NPO status then lost it when it became clear they were all fucking nuts. Then somewhere along the way (in the '80s or early '90s) they were granted said status again despite making no changes. Government stupidity:1, common sense:0.