Remove HSUS's tax-exempt status

[Hypnotic Exotic]

Petition is started with over 2,500 signatures so far:

http://www.petitiononline.com/4377qba1/

[WingedWolfPsion]

Already signed this one a while back, apparently.

[the_Ryno]

Signed it.

[snakemastercanada]

Rather than a petition to remove the tax - free status of the humane society which will still leave PETA to continue on. Would there be a way to convince the senators and congress to make a brand new regulation that would in this economy where the government needs lots of revenue. Get them to create a regulation for non-profit or tax- free organizations whereas they must pay regular taxes unless at a minimum of 50% of their donations goes into the cause their charity represents. For example HSUS, PETA, SPCA all say they do animal care well if 50 % of the donations raised for the year was not used for direct animal care thay get the full tax burden.
This will have no effect on real charities as they already use most of their contributions for their charitable purpose.
PS: wages do not count.
This would do the same thing but get them all in one go.

[Hypnotic Exotic]

I'd have to check but being from an accounting background, I believe there are already regulations. You can't just call yourself a non-profit and enjoy the benefits. But there are creative ways to manipulate the books which I believe this petition is accusing HSUS of doing. Another method of fighting them is by finding out who their corporate sponsors are and boycotting them, and let them know you are boycotting them.

[nixer]

i think to be a not for profit you can only hold 2 times your yearly operating cost

[lord jackel]

Just curious but how is this petition any different than what HSUS does? I mean it makes allegations with no supporting documentation.

While I agree their status should be revoked wouldn't this petition have more merit if it actually had proof of what it suggests.

Just my 2 cents.

[Raptor]

Online petitions also don't do much since people can sign it multiple times using different computers and different e-mail addresses.

[WingedWolfPsion]

We'll see. It's worth a try. As for taking the moral high ground...do you want to be better than them, or do you want to win? Ideally, one could do both, but realistically, it's whoever can sway public opinion most effectively who's going to win. If we don't expose their dirty backside by any means possible, we're likely to lose.

[WingedWolfPsion]

By the way, the reason I support this isn't because I think it will work--it's because it's a good tool for showing others why HSUS isn't an organization they should be supporting.
The more press their perfidy gets, the better.