Month: 5 Adar II 5784 (March 2024)

Hang on let me double check, but I believe it had something to do with being a lobbying organization and not just a vanilla non-profit.

I believe the case in question is Riley v. Nat'l Fed'n of the Blind which they took all the way to the Supreme Court back in the 80's.

Oh hell no it looks like they're claiming they actually do disclose their finances. I mean they're lying like dogs, but they're claiming that they do.

OK so the argument is essentially that their fundraising is speech, and because their fundraising is speech the government has to meet a high standard in order to regulate said speech. Which means they get to play fast and loose with disclosures.

Yes agreed.

So that info was harder than it should have been to find, because I had to find the case and then look it up from there because the NFB has done its best to poison search results on this.

Seriously. Fuck them.

I'm down for this. Now we just need to find someone who's willing to fund the lawsuits.

Me neither, but I guess it could be worse. It could be snow.

@bryansmart It's not so much private as it is obfuscated. We'd need to actually hire someone who has the relevant financial research experience in order to untangle all of it. Which is why this stuff hasn't been published anywhere.

@sapphireangel I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that there's a statistically significant subset of members who really won't care unless there is ironclad proof down to the last line item constantly shoved in their faces. to the point where they literally are unable to ignore it.

@sapphireangel Otherwise known as "Fuck you I got mine".

@bryansmart Of course they're robbing the poor. So are televangelists. Doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people eager to fork over what little cash they have.