Is there a connection between the Citizens United supreme Court ruling and the issue of IRS audits of groups claiming tax exempt status? The Citizens United ruling decided that corporations are "people" and to deny them the right to spend on political campaigns would be to deny them freedom of speech; a First Amendment violation. That ruling says organizations-backed by corporations and run by unnamed individuals-could spend unlimited amounts to defeat a candidate for political office. My question then is, why should those organizations then get a tax exempt status? Why should they not pay taxes on their profits? The IRS then questions those organizations about their tax exempt claim and some people go ape shit.
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