SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Attorney General John Kroger is proposing new legislation that would target charities which spend most of the money they raise on themselves.
Kroger says he will ask the 2011 Legislature to pass a law making Oregon the first state in the country to use the tax code to fight charities that spend most of the money they raise on telemarketers and administration.
The proposal will eliminate the Oregon tax deduction for donations to charities that spend less than 30 percent of the money they raise on the people they claim to support.
Kroger say many charities do good work but some are little more than scams.