submitted by jwithrow.
We think that the idea of non-profit organizations, as the 501(c) code exists, is un-American.
Hold on! Hear us out on this one before you call us heartless capitalists – we have a good reason. Actually several reasons.
The non-profit structure as it currently exists violates the equality under law principle upon which America was founded. 501(c) organizations receive favorable treatment by law relative to for-profit organizations.
But the American vision of limited government was such that it should protect equality under law rather than promote inequality by law. Equal opportunity as we used to say.
Additionally, the 501(c) structure reinforces Marxist principles in the minds of Americans in a very devious way. This we really don’t like.
The Marxist ideology is opposed to profit because it violates their “from each according to ability, to each according to need” credo.
In granting favorable status to non-profit organizations the government is actually supporting the belief that non-profits are more desirable than for-profit organizations. Think about it – why else would 501(c)’s be granted privileges if they weren’t seen as deserving of such favoritism? So in a sneaky kind of way this sows the seeds of Marxism by silently stating that the profit motive is not to be commended while the non-profit motive is superior ideology.
Which brings us to our last point:
The whole non-profit part of 501(c) organizations is fraudulent!
Sure, the organization itself does not show a profit but have you ever looked at the executive salaries at these “non-profit” organizations?
We have.
They are systematically much higher than average wages. MUCH higher.
Sure looks like profit to us.
Now there are some very good non-profit organizations out there. We have donated to some good ones that we knew were good because we knew the people running the show and we could see the charitable work being done. But most of the giant non-profits are frauds and we would steer clear of them. A good rule of thumb is that if a non-profit has a commercial on television then it is probably not worthy of your attention. Otherwise it wouldn’t need a commercial on television.
Also, don’t get us wrong, we like the fact that non-profits are tax-exempt. The less money appropriated by the Feds the better, in our opinion.
But we think that a much better idea would be to get rid of the corporate income tax altogether. Then you wouldn’t have a need for special non-profit treatment. And you might even notice some jobs sneaking back into America also – as long as the corporate income tax was repealed and replaced with nothing.
Of course this is just our humble opinion. Maybe the bureaucrats know better than we do.