Comment Re:Government shakedown (Score 1) 153
How about because of equal protection before the law? The government should be negotiating on behalf of all the people it represents.
"The most common type of tax-exempt nonprofit organization falls under category 501(c)(3), whereby a nonprofit organization is exempt from federal income tax if its activities have the following purposes: charitable, religious, educational, scientific, literary, testing for public safety, fostering amateur sports competition, or preventing cruelty to children or animals. " from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5...
When consulting I would often do work at discount rates for a medical clinic which had a sliding scale fee setup and for a law group which defended death penalty cases for indigent clients.
Non-profits do a lot of good stuff, people should help them. Stop being so miserly.