Dear Patriot,
I wanted to make sure you saw Campaign for
Liberty Chairman Ron Paul's comments to the IRS supporting a
proposal to repeal a dangerous IRS regulation . . .
One requiring organizations like Campaign for
Liberty to divulge the names of their top donors to the tax
agency -- or face crippling fines and other legal sanctions.
As you know, this is an issue that directly
impacts Campaign for Liberty. From 2014-2017 Campaign for Liberty
resisted IRS demands that we hand over the names of our top
supporters or face the consequences.

Dr Paul and everyone at Campaign for Liberty
were determined not to give in to the anti-liberty bureaucrats'
demands.
But the truth is, we could not have resisted
the IRS for three years if Campaign for Liberty supporters like
you had not made sure we had the resources to fight the IRS.
The generous support of liberty lovers like
you ensured we could stand up to the IRS without risking cutting
into budgets for efforts like passing Audit the Fed, restoring
the Fourth Amendment by rolling back the surveillance state,
stopping any and all gun control measures and repealing
ObamaCare.
With supporters like you pitching in, we had
the confidence to tell our attorneys that we were prepared to
fight the IRS all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.

The fact that we stood up to the IRS is one
reason why the Trump Administration has ordered the agency to
consider repealing this rule.
So, thank you for your support in helping us
take on the IRS as well as for all of our important battles on
behalf of liberty.
I've enclosed a copy of Dr. Paul's comments
below.
After you've read them, I hope you'll
consider pitching in with any additional support you could to
help ensure Campaign for Liberty is always able to stand our
ground when fights like this arise.

In Liberty,
Norm Singleton
President
Here is Dr. Paul's official comments in
support of repealing this rule:


Comments of Dr. Ron Paul, Chairman of
Campaign for Liberty and former U.S. Congressman

In support of proposed rule
IRS
REG-102508-16

On behalf of Campaign for Liberty's
grassroots supporters, I am pleased to submit comments in support
of the Internal Revenue Service's proposed regulation
(REG-102508-16) repealing the requirement that 501(c)(4)
organizations list their top donors on their Schedule B tax
filings.

Founded in 2008, Campaign for Liberty is a
501(c)(4) social welfare organization created to advance limited
government, individual liberty, free-markets, and a
constitutional foreign policy, by means of education, issue
advocacy, and grassroots mobilization.

The dangers of requiring advocacy
organizations like Campaign for Liberty divulge their donors'
names to the IRS was demonstrated in 2014 when the agency had to
pay the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) a $50,000 fine
in 2014 because an IRS employee who disagreed with the NOM agenda
gave the names of NOM donors to the group's political enemies. It
was also reinforced by the now infamous "slow walking" of
approval of tax-exempt status for "tea party" groups that opposed
President Obama's agenda.

The use of IRS power to harass and intimidate
those whose political views made them unpopular with those in
power didn't start in just the last ten years. Presidents of both
parties have used the IRS as a weapon against their political
enemies. Franklin Roosevelt had critics of the New Deal and
members of the America First movement audited. Lyndon Johnson
had his political opponents audited, and Richard Nixon's abuse of
the IRS was cited in the articles of impeachment the House
Judiciary Committee passed against him before he resigned. During
Bill Clinton's administration, many conservative organizations
critical of the president's policies were audited. The head of
one of the targeted conservative groups was actually told by an
IRS agent, "what do you expect when you go against the
president?" When George W. Bush became president, the IRS took an
eight-year break from harassing conservatives but began auditing
organizations opposing the Iraq war.

Since donations to 501 (c)(4) groups like
Campaign for Liberty are not tax-deductible, there is no reason
why the IRS would ever need to know the names of our donors.

Anonymous political speech has a long history
in America going back to the pre-revolutionary war pamphlets.
Both The Federalist and The Anti-Federalist papers were published
anonymously.

Given this history, it is not surprising that
numerous federal court precedents uphold the right of groups like
Campaign for Liberty to protect the identity of their donors and
members. The main case on this point is NAACP v. Alabama, 357
U.S. 449 (1958). In NAACP, the Supreme Court held that the NAACP
had a First Amendment right to not comply with the State of
Alabama's demand that the NAACP turn over a list of their
members.

Representing the majority, Justice Marshall
Harlan wrote that "compelled disclosure of membership in an
organization engaged in advocacy of particular beliefs is of the
same order. Inviolability of privacy in group association may in
many circumstances be indispensable to preservation of freedom of
association, particularly where a group espouses dissident
beliefs."

In the years since the NAACP decision, the
right of organizations such as Campaign for Liberty to keep their
donor lists private has been upheld by several other courts. For
example, in International Union, UAW v. National Right to Work
Legal Defense and Educational Foundation, 590 F 2d 1139 (D.C.
Circuit 1978), the National Right to Work Foundation successfully
fought an attempt by their political opponents to force them to
divulge the names of their donors.

History has shown that politicians and even
IRS "professional" employees can't resist the temptation to use
the agency's power to punish and silence "…those exposing
dissident beliefs." The First Amendment to the Constitution
requires the government to take every precaution to protect the
rights of all to participate in the political and policy
process-especially those who espouse beliefs unpopular with those
who currently hold political power. Therefore, on behalf of
Campaign for Liberty's many supporters, I urge the IRS to approve
proposed regulation 102508-16 and repeal the requirements that
501(c)(4) organizations list their top donors on their Schedule B
tax filings.

Chip in →
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Because of Campaign For Liberty's tax-exempt status under IRC
Sec. 501(C)(4) and its state and federal legislative activities,
contributions are not tax deductible as charitable contributions
(IRC § 170) or as business deductions (IRC §
162(e)(1)).

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