IFF Pushes Limits Of ‘Charity’

Capitalizing on the frankly insane boundaries for tax-free political activities, (Wayne Hoffman’s Idaho) Freedom Foundation’s very active political activism is a pungent example of the way that truth and transparency are debased in our political theater. The IFF lobbies heavily, advertises, operates a news site with a strong starboard tack, writes bills, distributes op-eds, holds events and works its relationships with politicians very hard, according to extensive reporting on the group by the S-R’s Betsy Russell. One of its lobbyists boasted about how many bills he’d authored. Hoffman once talked a lawmaker into pulling a bill from the floor right before it was to be debated. And yet, when tax time rolls around, tax time doesn’t roll around for the IFF. It pays the same taxes as Open Arms Pregnancy Care Center in Coeur d’Alene. Or the Dalton Gardens Church of Christ. Or the Idaho Falls Soup Kitchen. All, according to the IRS, are nonprofit charitable organizations/ Shawn Vestal , SR. More here.

Question: Do you think Wayne Hoffman’s Idaho Freedom Foundation is a legitimate charity?