A closed door meeting with business operators and Wis. Lt. Gov. (Stepford-wife) Kleefisch -excerpts

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In a closed meeting with Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, business operators argued — sometimes forcefully — for lower taxes and more financial incentives for commercial interests.

A recently released video of the Dec. 9 session at Beloit College shows Kleefisch and state Revenue Department Secretary Rick Chandler extolling state efforts to reduce taxes since Republicans took over state government in 2011, and saying they wanted private-sector ideas for another round of cuts.

“We want to know how we can love you more,” Kleefisch told the group of about 30 executives, managers, accountants and others during the 1-hour, 40-minute session.

Full article more videos here
http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/video-shows-businesses-lobbying-rebecca-kleefisch-for-more-tax-breaks/article_be2c7ad7-139d-5571-8add-72056fa1245c.html#ixzz2pLiLsbYn

[James48]

1. VFW? Legion??

The list of attendees shows several members of both the VFW, and the American Legion.

As a Legion member, I am appalled that either group would participate in lobbying politicians for lower business taxes. That appears to be a violation of the very strict IRS tax code rules governing veterans organizations. (See IRS rules at 501(c)(19) as outlined in the Legion Veterans Organization Tax-Exempt Compliance Manual handbook: http://www.ny.legion.org/COMPLIANCE%20MANUAL.pdf

Whoever it was attending needs to be reported to both their parent organization AND the IRS for violating IRS rules.