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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by delecti on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:03PM (#19097755)
You need to be more pedantic. The EFF is a 501(c)(3) organization, and that's a type of corporation.

If you want to outlaw lobbying by for-profit corporations, then they'll just create subsidiary lobbying organizations. The NRA is a 501(c)(4), which is also a tax exempt non-profit designation, and realistically it serves primarily as a lobbying group for gun manufacturers.

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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by trothamel on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:59PM (#19098439)
I'd say that's selling the NRA short. I have a few friends that are NRA members, they're as focused on gun rights as the corporations are.
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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by delecti on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:43PM (#19098994)
That's a fair point. Though while they may not be exclusively a lobbying front for gun manufacturers, I think it's still fair to say they serve that purpose.
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