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lostapathy on Nov 5, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The IRS has granted nonprofit status to a daily ne...

I kind of figured you did, but I wanted to underscore the difference because I feel like this fact is usually trotted out for (and gets) a knee jerk.

To be fair, I think it's a dumb state of affairs too, but overhyping problems is often counterproductive.

jtbayly on Nov 5, 2019 [–]

Well, I do think it (was) dumb, but I also didn’t bring it up to show a big problem. I just wanted a counter-example to the claim that profits are limited at non-profits.

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