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Why Are 'Think Tanks' Tax Exempt?

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David Brooks on the state of American political think tanks:

Look at most think tanks. They used to look like detached quasi universities; now some are more like rapid response teams for their partisan masters.

It's a good joke, but there's a serious question here: why are think tanks allowed to issue tax receipts if they function as, effectively, either communications operations of existing political parties or else outright lobbying & PR organizations?

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