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NRA <==> IRS
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...rs/ar-BB1bmmpB
According to this article, the NRA has filed a return with the IRS admitting that Wayne LaPierre was compensated improperly between 2015 and 2019, and claiming that it's now all good because WLP has repaid $300,000. The NRA also says that they are investigating other senior people who may have received improper compensation. To me, this all sounds like the NRA is still covering for Wayne LaPierre, and that the organization is going to throw other people under the bus to protect WLP. It's extremely difficult to believe that the board of directors would allow this charade to continue. Quote:
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November 26, 2020, 08:22 AM | #2 |
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Somehow the NRA skated in NY and now they're sneaking out from under the IRS.
This organization needs a complete new management. I have NEVER given them a dime because of Wayne. The man is a flat out thief. Bye the way did anyone see hide or hair of the NRA during the election? GOA for me .
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November 26, 2020, 09:07 AM | #4 |
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My guess is that the $300,000 payment represents 10%, at best, of what he took.
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Yes, I read the article yesterday.
The fact that no one knows how the NRA came up with their figures or amounts of improprieties/malfeasance is telling. Such as, Quote:
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November 26, 2020, 11:22 AM | #6 |
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"hide or hair of the NRA during the election"
That is a good one. My wife and I belong to the NRA and received lots of input from the NRA about the national election as well as our local elections. This input came as E-Mails, regular mail, and phone calls. I love the NRA, and I also see where changes need to be made. By the way, anyone who can stick it to the IRS is my hero. |
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According to the article in the opening post, the NRA spent 17 million in the 2020 election versus 30 million in 2016. Out of curiosity, what did the GOA spend in 2016 and 2020?
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The case is still open in NY. The NRA was definitively selling insurance without being licensed to do such (among other things).
Unless they can find a way to settle, they're going down for it.
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I don't mind paying taxes. I just want EVERYONE to pay their fair share and I want it spent responsibly.
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LaPierre is like a guy I worked for a number of years ago, in a small engineering firm. Around this time of the year he called the whole staff into the library and announced that the firm didn't have a great year, so there weren't going to be any raises. He said, "I've tightened my belt as much as I can, so I'm asking all of you to tighten yours a little." We found out later than (1) he was paying himself a quarter of a million dollars a year when the next highest paid person was making about $65,000; and (2) he "only" gave himself a 20% increase that year, instead of the 25% he usually gave himself. So, to him, that was "tightening his belt" as much as he could, and that justified not giving anyone else even a cost of living increase. So, yeah -- I've heard it before. I wasn't impressed than, and I'm not impressed now.
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Appears that the NRA continues to plunder the NRA Foundation.
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November 26, 2020, 07:14 PM | #12 |
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lip service.
WLP is the best tool the democrats have against the NRA. membership is down because of him and his buddies. |
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See the NRA and NRA foundation Form 990s from about 2015. See the lawsuit against the NRA Foundation by the AG of Washington, DC. Page 10: https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/fil...t-Redacted.pdf What does this refer to? The NRA Foundation has no employees. Overcharging the NRA Foundation for services performed. From my link above: QUOTE]56. Despite the surprise information that nearly doubled the Foundation’s management fees, the Foundation Board voted to increase the 2018 management fees by $5,868,048, including approval to transfer nearly $4 million to the NRA immediately. The vote was taken without further investigation or negotiation, in a closed session meeting that lasted less than 50 minutes. 57. This multi-million-dollar management fee increase for 2018 was approved without the Foundation Board conducting an assessment of the fees’ fair market value compared to other such arrangements or obtaining the input of an independent auditor. It was approved without knowing what any of the employees did for the Foundation or how their services furthered the purposes and mission of the Foundation. 58. The Foundation did not receive proper documentation from the NRA to show that the dramatic increase in management fees was accurate or fair. The NRA also did not provide any details to the Foundation to demonstrate that the management fees were being used for proper purposes, and not to pay employees for work on prohibited tasks like political activities and substantial lobbying. The increase was approved based solely on the word of the NRA employees and the conflicted Foundation Treasurer. Due to the Foundation’s lack of independence, the Foundation permitted the NRA to control the management fee process. In effect, the Foundation did not receive any assurances that it was receiving fair value for its payments to the NRA or that Foundation funds were being used exclusively for Foundation purposes. [/QUOTE] Borrowing tax exempt funds from the NRA Foundation and using that money for whatever purpose. At the same time the NRA Foundation budget is being cut. This statement at your link pertains to the NRA Foundation. Quote:
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Based on the sales figures and shortages I imagine that this was a huge year for first time gun ownership. And from what I can see the NRA had absolutely no impact on the outcome of the Presidential race, and I'm not hearing anything from them in Georgia.
It's almost as if they're laying low because they believe that Democrats controlling the White House and both houses of Congress will be more profitable than the alternative. |
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ork-settlement However, the attempt by the state of New York to cancel the NRA's charter continues: https://www.democratandchronicle.com...ra/3317527001/ If the allegations in the suit are true, then the appropriate action is criminal charges for the individual NRA executives involved. But trying to disband the entire organization is politically motivated overreach.
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