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Jim Lane

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6. It would also create Super PACs as churches

Reply to dlk (Original post)

Sun Nov 12, 2017, 01:42 PM

Nov 2017

As LastLiberal in PalmSprings points out in #4, the important point is deductibility. Every Super PAC now existing, on the left or the right, should reconstitute itself as a church. For example, there could be a Swords into Plowshares Ministry, spreading the word of God by letting people make tax-deductible campaign contributions to anti-war candidates.

In trying to cater to their Christofascist base, the Republicans would totally upend campaign finance law.

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The GOP Tax Bill Would Automatically Create Mega-Churches as Super PACs [View all] dlk Nov 2017 OP

Horrific, and the US would become like the religious countries we see with multitudes of RKP5637 Nov 2017 #1

This would be the end. Seriously. defacto7 Nov 2017 #2

Yup - we would be no better than the countries we are fighting. Initech Nov 2017 #8

Will churches, as with corporations, be declared "people"? WinkyDink Nov 2017 #3

Not only would it be a PAC, but donations to a church are tax deductible, aren't they? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2017 #4

How is this to do with taxes other than consequently? And using reconciliation is criminal. Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #5

It would also create Super PACs as churches Jim Lane Nov 2017 #6

Mike Pence is salivating NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #7

Don't forget, the dominionist's ultimate objective defacto7 Nov 2017 #9

Back when Jack Cafferty was still allowed 5 minutes of time on CNN, CrispyQ Nov 2017 #10