SusanThur's Open Salon Blog

The real IRS scandal: Reinterpreting the law

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:05:43 -0400

Internal Revenue Service agents have been struggling to do their jobs–which have been made essentially impossible by an incorrect interpretation of the law that the IRS made in 1959. It was then that the IRS changed the language of the law without any authority to do so. Here is how the tax law was written in its latest update in 1954 on 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations. The 501(c)(4) designation was to apply only to: “Civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare.”

But a 1959 interpretation guideline written by the IRS says that: ”To be operated exclusively to promote social welfare, an organization must operate primarily to further the common good and general welfare…”

http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/15/the-real-irs-scandal-reinterpreting-the-law/

Preschool benefits students for years, education committee h

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:04:52 -0400

The Picard Center carried out a ten-year study looking at whether education provided through LA4, the state's primary preschool program for at-risk 4-year-olds, stuck with its participants for any meaningful amount of time.

The study found that when compared across a host of measurements, LA4 participants scored better than other at-risk children not enrolled in pre-K programs, even through eighth grade.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/04/jindal_preschool_education.html

Preschool benefits students for years, education committee h

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:04:47 -0400

The study found that when compared across a host of measurements, LA4 participants scored better than other at-risk children not enrolled in pre-K programs, even through eighth grade.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/04/jindal_preschool_education.html

Preschool benefits students for years, education committee h

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:04:42 -0400

The study found that when compared across a host of measurements, LA4 participants scored better than other at-risk children not enrolled in pre-K programs, even through eighth grade.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/04/jindal_preschool_education.html

Misperceptions of Benefits Make Trimming Them Harder

Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:04:37 -0400

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/us/politics/misperception-of-government-benefits-makes-trimming-them-harder.html?pagewanted=all