What about organizations like Cato institute- are they not non-profit? Or
do they only spew research info and do no actual lobbying?
Samantha Atkins wrote:
>
> "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
> >
> > zeb haradon wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone know the requirements for getting a lobby office in DC and lobbying
> > > congressmen?
> > > I was thinking of reasons I would join and this is one of the things I
> > > thought of.
> >
> > If an ordinary nonprofit even thinks about doing this, the IRS guidelines call
> > for your entire Board of Directors to be sacrificed to Cthulhu.
> >
>
> Yeah, you probably have to be a religion or something to get away with
> this and still keep tax-exempt status.
>
> -s.
-- Brian Atkins Director, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence http://www.singinst.org/
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