On David Graeber and On self-organizing non-profits in the real world of the US.

Mark Kohut mark.kohut at gmail.com
Sun Oct 24 17:34:02 UTC 2021


twitter remarks of his....MK: "although I never read David on the details
if he published them"

On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 12:52 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Liked Graeber’s writing very much. Do you have a reference for this?
>
> > On Oct 24, 2021, at 7:14 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > David Graeber got hounded by the IRS because of FREE money and time he
> gave
> > away
> > and sometimes earned without trying and raised for causes. (If you raise
> > money yourself
> > for a good and real cause on a direct pass-through effort, YOU can be
> taxed
> > on that money
> > that you received but never 'earned' and kept.).....I think these were
> some
> > of the reasons
> > as even in-kind barter can be taxed, although I never read David on the
> > details if he published them.
> > I think they related mostly to his role in the Occupy happenings and
> after,
> > since he was there from the beginning.
> >
> > My town's miniscule non-profit could NOT be granted 501 (c) 3 status
> > WITHOUT a Board of Directors.
> > For that benefit, a non-hierarchical org structure cannot exist
> > financially. Just sayin'.
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