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In reply to the discussion: Tax the damn churches already! [View all]RussBLib
(9,125 posts)...from a few weeks ago. The church is sitting on over 100 billion dollars, allegedly in a non-profit situation, where they bought a freakin' shopping mall and run a for-profit insurance company. But no, they don't really have to reveal anything about all their money and what they do with it under the non-profit shield. And the IRS seems too afraid to take them on. Probably afraid of being accused of being anti-religion, "of the Devil!!" How many charlatans have latched onto the tax-free nature of religions to fleece their flocks?
Down here in S Texas, the Mormon Church bought a huge city block in McAllen and have built a monstrous, gaudy church, complete with probably 300 really tall palm trees which can cost a few thousand each. It's a monument to ignorance and greed, and to me, it's a total blight on the landscape.