Should Major Contributors To 501(c)'s ID Themselves?

Federal bill H.R.5053 was passed in the house on June 14th 2016. Shortly it's expected to go before the Senate. Obama is expected to veto the measure.

What the bill intends to do is "prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from requiring a tax-exempt organization to include in annual returns the name, address, or other identifying information of any contributor."



This bill's pass or fail falls between party lines. According to "Govtrack.us" Democratic opponents of the measure say "What this bill does, to put it simply, is to solidify the secrecy around the role of big money in campaigns.... Republicans counter that this is opposition is entirely motivated by politics, since about 85 percent of this money is spent on conservative causes.

In my opinion for the sake of transparency both the IRS and the public should have the right to know who's behind what. This all goes back to the brew haha over the Tea Party. It seems to me whenever we see ads or organizing efforts from any organization (liberal or conservative) a fully informed public needs to see who's hiding behind them. To me this falls in line with not knowing who paid for a study or some poll. It's bad enough lobbyists hide behind labels swaying our officials without another bunch of more groups screwing with us when it comes to forming our opinions and voting.

At this point here's what I've come to believe...* Smart guns or registration requirements for online and/or at guns shows sales will never ever happen. Not in a million years. Any legislator fool enough to step out of line will receive zero campaign money and lobbied into the ground. Forget about it. It ain't never gonna happen.

* There never ever will be a candidate that ever gets elected purely at a grassroots level. It will always be what's best for either party over that of the nation. They both have a monopoly and will fiercely protect their control against all comers. If God appeared with his angels in the skies he himself couldn't get elected as a third party candidate.

* Anyone trying to schedule a appointment with a house or senate member having a petition with 10,000 signatures is not near likely to score one as someone with a $10,000 campaign check in hand.

* Any new congressional member who is sucker enough to believe for one second he/she will be appointed to a committee and have their legislation passed beyond it w/o a quid pro quo to other standing members is deluding themselves.

* There never ever will be any meaningful campaign finance reform period. Lobbyists and other power brokers will crush anyone who even dare peak of such heresy.

It amuses me when I hear people worldwide speak of "taking their country back". Forget about it. All governments throughout the world expect only two things. People to pay their taxes and join their militaries to maintain their power. Anything else is of secondary benefit. If someone is able to earn a few bucks retiring comfortably and avoid tangling with any governments' legal systems it would be a life well led.


Point Is..
Whether it be someone living here or any other place on this planet no government nor organization is or ever was capable of looking beyond it's own interests before those of the individuals they claim to represent. It's up to each person to avoid becoming too involved in the drama and live their lives as best they can remaining emotionally unattached to anyone or anything that differs with one's own beliefs.

Indeed all the problems in the world come about as a result of people concentrating too much of their efforts in trying to bridge differences rather then relinquishing and acknowledging some things in this world were never meant to be. In other words everyone needs to clam it. Try to stay out of each others way. People need to mind their own business much as possible so long as nobody's minding theirs. We'd all be better off for it. This applies to religions, governments' international relations as well to our immediate neighbors.