QUOTE(anthony @ Mon 16th January 2012, 8:13pm)
If they shut down completely, this is true. But they are not shutting down completely, rather they are dedicating their resources toward attempting to influence legislation. In other words, they are engaging in lobbying activities.
Which is legally permissible, and even somewhat expected, of charities. A charity may lobby for or against the passage of legislation which has some bearing toward its charitable purpose or methods.
QUOTE(Emperor @ Mon 16th January 2012, 9:50pm)
All those U.S. based donors are only getting 365/366 year's worth of service.
Donors are not entitled to any particular level or grade of service. That's why they're called "donors".
This is, what, the third or fourth time that Jimmy has disrupted Wikipedia for his own purposes? If you ever doubted that Jimmy still believes that he owns Wikipedia, doubt no more.