Lighten our darkness

摘要

The $180m raised last year by Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies included 50 donations of at least $1m. No one knows who those generous people were. Crossroads, co-founded in 2010 by Karl Rove, a Republican strategist, does not have to reveal its donors because it is registered as a non-profit "social welfare organisation" under section 501(c)(4) of America's tax code. Chief among the groups receiving grants from Crossroads was Americans for Tax Reform, a group founded by Grover Norquist, which during last year's elections extracted pledges on tax and spending from Republican politicians.