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Marius25

(3,213 posts)
35. None of this makes any sense.
Sat Jun 3, 2023, 05:58 PM
Jun 2023

Profit simply means taking in more money than you spend in expenses. It has nothing to do with shareholders unless it's a publicly traded company, which churches are not.

Twitter is worth about $15 billion right now, and it has zero shareholders. Are you saying Twitter shouldn't be taxed? That's ridiculous.

It's still a fact that big churches take in astronomical amounts of profit compared to their expenses and they should be taxed on what they take in.

Yep Chi67 Jun 2023 #1
I don't see it that way... Think. Again. Jun 2023 #7
+1 Totally agree.n/t ChazII Jun 2023 #14
of course... Think. Again. Jun 2023 #16
Not "political"--that's too broad a brush. Igel Jun 2023 #27
Good point... Think. Again. Jun 2023 #34
A politician speaking in a church is not a violation of the tax code. former9thward Jun 2023 #46
The one thing standing between us and totalitarianism is the Johnson Amendment. Initech Jun 2023 #24
Amen! Easterncedar Jun 2023 #2
Yes! Duppers Jun 2023 #3
I'm totally OK with that! Initech Jun 2023 #26
Any church that tells people how to vote KS Toronado Jun 2023 #4
That's how it's supposed to be Mariana Jun 2023 #22
The claim's incomplete. Igel Jun 2023 #28
Wow... Think. Again. Jun 2023 #37
A union does not have an core ideology. former9thward Jun 2023 #47
All in it for themselves AKwannabe Jun 2023 #5
Of course, only non-Christians would ever behave like that. Mariana Jun 2023 #23
You're right. Igel Jun 2023 #30
The difference is that Hefner neither claimed to be ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #44
Only someone entirely ignorant of the religion's history ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #43
THIS malaise Jun 2023 #6
Absolutely. F**Kers want to play in politics and interfere in governments etc. scarletlib Jun 2023 #8
The cognitive dissonance will be intense here once the black churches start screaming if this Celerity Jun 2023 #9
Maybe. scarletlib Jun 2023 #10
How do you define "politics" for this purpose? onenote Jun 2023 #21
Our democracy defined it. Igel Jun 2023 #31
Link to law regarding politics and churches scarletlib Jun 2023 #29
I read a few years ago that if they began taxing all churches, jimfields33 Jun 2023 #11
How can these phonies live with themselves? Mysterian Jun 2023 #12
Yank the exemptions from the pastors too. Look at this church in my home town. I really brewens Jun 2023 #13
A visit to the Vatican will give an idea of the asset wealth - why not donate all thet? BSdetect Jun 2023 #15
And ANYTHING can claim to be a church ⛪️...like Scientology. Funtatlaguy Jun 2023 #17
Tax them on what? Zeitghost Jun 2023 #18
Not sure what you're talking about. Marius25 Jun 2023 #19
No, they do not. Igel Jun 2023 #33
None of this makes any sense. Marius25 Jun 2023 #35
Twitter has shareholders Zeitghost Jun 2023 #40
Almost all of that wealth (not income) Zeitghost Jun 2023 #42
You Don't Need Shareholders To Have A Profit Motive ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #32
By Shareholders I mean Ownership Zeitghost Jun 2023 #39
You Have A Stange Concept Of Profit ProfessorGAC Jun 2023 #41
just watched the 60 Minutes segment on the Mormon Church RussBLib Jun 2023 #20
Which political parties supports that? Kaleva Jun 2023 #25
Indeed! nt Wounded Bear Jun 2023 #36
If Democrats came out in favor Elessar Zappa Jun 2023 #38
When the nones ExWhoDoesntCare Jun 2023 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Jun 2023 #48
K&R Blue Owl Jun 2023 #49
Some of what they come up with seems pretty partisan to me. lees1975 Jun 2023 #50
To me what's truly insane is the MAGA lunatics that call themselves prophets. Initech Jun 2023 #51
Yes! Because of the hate speech becoming a danger to society... phrigndumass Jun 2023 #52
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