Frequently asked questions.
1. Who is our Founder?
Answer: Our Founder is Michael Smith. At a point in time we had a Co-Founder. Said Co-Founder no longer serves Purge Congress. Our Founder's mission is to defend American Exceptionalism. The formation of Purge Congress was our Founder's idea and vision. The obvious question: Why should any American be forced to defend American Exceptionalism? Our answer: It seems that this mostly anti America Congress seeks to destroy America through rendering American Exceptionalism? as null and void. Our Founder's mission to defend American Exceptionalism has been assigned by him to Purge Congress.
2. What is Purge Congress?
Answer: It is the ability of "We the People"" to unite then extend their reach into the United States Congress thereby seeking to identify and to expose anti America agenda in the United States Congress. Therefore, the need may and probably will occur for us to reestablish our "PAC" and our "527" in order to extend our reach into Congress as we seek to identify and to expose anti America agenda in Congress.
3. What is American Exceptionalism?
Answer: We define American Exceptionalism as: Life, Liberty, Equality and Opportunity that relies on small government. Click here, then view Wikipedia's definition of American Exceptionalism.
4. What is Purge Congress, Inc.?
Answer: It was a former Delaware corporation that we formed during 2006. We may and probably will re-register it in the future.
5. Is Purge Congress partisan?
Answer: No! No! No! Purge Congress is non-partisan. It is not Left, it is not not Right ... it seeks to extend its reach into Congress then function from within the aisle of Congress as it seeks to identify and to expose anti America agenda in Congress. Furthermore, Purge Congress is not beholden to any political party or to any political party's policy ... therefore, Purge Congress is free, i.e., untethered, to critique either and/or both sides of the aisle when seeking to identify and to expose anti America agenda in Congress.
6. What is Purge Congress 527?
Answer: Purge Congress 527 is a former "section 527 political organization" that was registered according to the Internal Revenue Code ( IRC ) of the Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ). It was the initial non-partisan non-profit organization within the family of organizations that Purge Congress formed during year 2006.
7. How will Purge Congress grow thereby seeking to attract and to identify and to register its anticipated members, i.e., its boots on the ground?
Answer: It will greatly rely on the internet, e-mail blasts, our "own" rallies, our participation in third party rallies, its members to spread-the-word, donations, like-minded people's discussions, net money raised when selling its products (shirts/hats/bags/etc.), and more. Said more includes forming Purge Congress Chapters.
8. What will a Purge Congress Chapter do?
Answer: A Purge Congress Chapter will serve as our grassroots effort that, collectively, will on a local level seek to energize and will seek to motivate thousands then millions of concerned Americans. We envision that the Purge Congress Chapters will hold get-togethers, coffees, luncheons, meetings and more in order to discuss our issues such anti America agenda in the United States Congress.
We anticipate that our Purge Congress Chapters will seek to attract, identify and register prospective Purgers, Members, Donors and more while seeking to create local wareness. Said Purge Congress Chapters will function locally as our boots on the ground.
9. I am interested in starting a Purge Congress Chapter. What do I do?
Answer: Click here, then then read more, plus send an e-mail.
You need not purchase anything in order to activate your Purge Congress Chapter. However, we will encourage that you purchase our Purge Congress gear/wear (shirts/hats/bags/etc.) in order to help spread-the-word and in order to help with our cash flow.
10. What is the difference between a Purger and a Donor?
Answer: A Purger is a person that registered in order to join Purge Congress then serve Purge Congress as a Purger. When becoming a registered Purger, you must agree that you will without mercy seek to help us as we seek to identify and to expose anti America agenda in the United States Congress. Visit our Purgers Wanted website.
Answer: A Donor is a person or an entity that has made a donation to Purge Congress. The donor may or may not be a registered Purger in Purge Congress. The Donor determines what amount of money and/or kind same will donate to Purge Congress. The Donor may make a one time donation, multiple donations, and / or recurring monthly donations. The Donor's donation may be paid using a credit or debit card or otherwise.
11. How many Purgers and how Donors do you expect to register?
Answer: Our goal is to register at least five hundred thousand ( 500,000 ) Purgers prior to the 2010 election season, two million ( 2,000,000 ) Purgers prior to the 2012 election, three million ( 3,000,000 ) Purgers prior to the 2014 election and five million ( 5,000,000 ) Purgers prior to the 2016 elections. Perhaps this goal is ambitious but we feel such is obtainable.
In addition, our goal is to register several thousand Donors.
12. Can I determine how much I donate?
Answer: Yes. You determine the amount of money and/or kind that you seek to donate. Click here, then thereafter complete the donation form and submit it to Purge Congress.
13. I notice that I can donate money and/or kind. What is kind?
Answer: Kind is that item(s) of value rather than money that you donate/assign/give/provide to Purge Congress. Said kind may be your personal time, an e-mail list, technology, telephone solicitations, e-mail solicitations, product that can be resold, otherwise.
14. Can the family of organizations, if reactivated, support political candidates?
Answer: A certain member organization(s) in the Purge Congress family of organizations, if reactivated, can support political candidates. This organization must be registered as a Political Action Committee ( PAC ) according to the Federal Election Commission ( FEC ). Purge Congress caused its initial PAC to be formed during October 2006. Said PAC is Purge Congress PAC but it has expired.
15. Can Purge Congress 527, if reactivated, say "vote" or say "do not vote" for a political candidate?
Answer: No. Purge Congress 527, if reactivated, will be a registered as a "section 527 political organization" according to the Internal Revenue Code ( IRC ) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Therefore, it can neither endorse candidates for office nor oppose candidates for office. However, it may raise awareness of issues and provide character information and more regarding elected members in Congress and candidates that seek to become elected to serve in Congress. Perhaps the most effective and most provocative "527" to date was the "SWIFT VETs AND POWs FOR TRUTH" that sought, without mercy, to provide information during the election season of 2004 regarding John Kerry's active duty military aboard swift boats in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. However, a certain member(s) of our family organizations, if said member is a political action committee ( PAC ), can say "vote" or can say "do not vote" for a political candidate. Our initial political action committee ( PAC ) was registered as Purge Congress PAC but it has expired.
16. How will the donations be used?
Our Motto: YOUR DONATION IS ONTO CONGRESS!
Answer: Purge Congress will seek to run an efficient operation. It will primarily seek to identify and to expose anti America agenda in the United States Congress. We anticipate that most donations will be used generally by Purge Congress and/or its organizations when if reactivated and/or activated. However, certain said donations may be raised and simultaneously reserved for specific use. We anticipate that the donations will be mostly used to identify and to expose anti America agenda in the United States Congress. As we seek to expose said anti America agenda a portion of the donations made to Purge Congress may used as we purchase media time, ad space, ad production, Internet promotions, direct costs associated with organizing our Purge Congress Chapters on a local level and/or national level, and more. Said donations may be redistributed to any of our organizations in the Purge Congress family of organizations, or otherwise.
Bottom line, donations made to Purge Congress will be used to defend American Exceptionalism and as we seek to accomplish such we will need to identify and to expose anti America agenda in the United States Congress.
In addition, a portion of said donations will be used to pay our staff including our Founder.
17. What types of geographic issues will the family of organizations, if reactivated, seek to influence?
Answer: Our issues will be national in scope but not limited so such.
18. On which issues will the family of organizations, if reactivated, concentrate its influence and be active?
Answer: The family of organizations, if reactivated, has many issues that it is concerned about. However, we will concentrate on selected issues in order to be effective in our advocacy. These issues will be labeled as Target Issues. A list of Target Issues will be published on our website under Target Issues.
19. Who will decide "what is" or "what is not" a Target Issue?
Answer: The Founder currently decides what are Target Issues and our positions. However, the opinions of our Founding Council, when formed, the opinions of our registered Purgers and the opinions of our Donors will be considered and may influence our final decision / action. We encourage the Founding Council and our registered Purgers and our Donors to participate in helping us to identify issues and positions, so please be active in our blog and our polls, as well as our e-mail surveys. In addition, please send us your suggestions, ideas, and more.
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Our motto: YOUR DONATION IS ONTO CONGRESS!
