1.   Hospital officials plan to use the donations to set up a new cardiac unit.

2.   And because the donations are not used primarily for a charitable purpose, the consumer does not even get a tax deduction.

3.   And they are using private donations instead of tax money to finance it.

4.   Before you know it, you are considering IRS rules and tax-deductible ways to use that donation to shave a tax bill.

5.   A tax expert hired by the ethics committee agreed with Cole that Gingrich violated the law by using tax-exempt donations for political purposes.

6.   But by Friday afternoon, his staff had already determined that ample precedent existed for using campaign donations to cover costs like the ethics committee fine.

7.   But over the years, the parties increasingly have used these donations to influence campaigns for federal office.

8.   Chandler city leaders found a way around opposition by using private donations instead of taxpayer money.

9.   Clinton is not the first president to use private donations to help do such things as refurbish the White House or build a presidential museum or library.

10.   Crew has voiced concern that using private donations to pay for teachers could create wide inequities between schools in poor areas and those in more affluent districts.