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cbayer

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40. Ok, we can agree on this, I guess.

Wed Aug 14, 2013, 06:32 PM

Aug 2013

You think that no organizations should be granted 501(3)c status and have tax exemption. You think that full tax status should apply to all organizations that currently function under that category.

Is that right?

If so, any idea how this would square with the democratic party in general, and liberal/progressive people in particular?

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Even years after the cheat is exposed [View all] xfundy Aug 2013 OP

Anyone who tells me to take my checkbook out from the pulpit is not getting anything unless hrmjustin Aug 2013 #1

That's peachy. xfundy Aug 2013 #2

Petition the government to change that. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #9

How long were you a fundy? rug Aug 2013 #3

Until I actually read the whole Bible. xfundy Aug 2013 #5

It took me twice through the whole thing. nt Still Blue in PDX Aug 2013 #11

It's very dense. xfundy Aug 2013 #14

I know a guy who claims he can get you one Tyrs WolfDaemon Aug 2013 #25

What a hoot! xfundy Aug 2013 #26

Great. Call believers suckers. cbayer Aug 2013 #4

He called a particular subset of believers "suckers." trotsky Aug 2013 #6

I used a WC Fields quote. xfundy Aug 2013 #7

I am going to speak to the taxation issue. cbayer Aug 2013 #10

Perhaps, then xfundy Aug 2013 #12

Absolutely agree. Both religious and secular. cbayer Aug 2013 #13

And what tears should we shed if such organizations have to exist on a percentage of their income AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #27

If you are proposing that all legitimate non-profits lose their tax exempt status, cbayer Aug 2013 #28

Actually, the government programs are among some of the best run - by far. trotsky Aug 2013 #29

Yes, ALL. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #30

So, all the charities in this country that provide assistance to the neediest among us should cbayer Aug 2013 #31

Strawman alert. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #32

Economics alert. cbayer Aug 2013 #33

"They will not survive if their tax status is changed." trotsky Aug 2013 #34

You say 'economics' and then you spout unfounded nonsense. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #36

Ok, we can agree on this, I guess. cbayer Aug 2013 #40

You don't seem to have a high opinion of government safety net efficiency. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #41

Having worked extensively with both governmental and 501(3)c organizations, no I don't. cbayer Aug 2013 #43

Don't tell me I haven't answered your question, when I have. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #44

I think you may have successfully auditioned for the job. cbayer Aug 2013 #47

Part of the reason government does not always provide is AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #48

It's creepy, in a way... trotsky Aug 2013 #52

And suggested I might find bedfellows with the Libertarians... AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #53

WTF. "Democrat party." 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2013 #62

That's right!! I'm a republican troll. cbayer Aug 2013 #63

Where did I say such a thing? 2ndAmForComputers Aug 2013 #64

What exactly did you know, then? cbayer Aug 2013 #66

Obscure inside jokes are unhelpful. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #58

Yes, I know. cbayer Aug 2013 #59

Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Easter Seals, Nature Conservancy, Planned Parenthood cbayer Aug 2013 #35

Yes. All of them. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #37

Well, hope you are ready to find some way to take care of these people. cbayer Aug 2013 #38

You have yet to offer any credible evidence they would be faced with that end result. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #39

Nah, you are right. They would all be fine, I am sure. cbayer Aug 2013 #42

How many times do I have to give you the SAME ANSWER. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #45

Ok, well you might want to start looking at the libertarian candidates, because you cbayer Aug 2013 #46

No I wouldn't. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #49

And all the other social safety nets as well. cbayer Aug 2013 #50

Only the hardest of the hard-core objectivists frame charity as sacrifice that is an immoral waste AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #51

I've asked three libertarians this morning. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #54

That makes sense. I understand that would be their bottom line. cbayer Aug 2013 #55

It could also be said they only take it a step further than you do, too. trotsky Aug 2013 #56

I see absolutely no relation between what I recommend, and what they desire. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #57

Privatization is not the same as non-governmental agencies providing cbayer Aug 2013 #60

Some charites are also about personal profit. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #61

If a charity is for personal profit, then it is not technically a 501(c)3. cbayer Aug 2013 #65

I cannot point you to any sites AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #67

Considering how YOU labeled Creationists as "dumbasses", you really have no room to criticize. cleanhippie Aug 2013 #8

Here's another one xfundy Aug 2013 #15

Do you see anybody collecting money on this? rug Aug 2013 #16

There's always the potential. xfundy Aug 2013 #17

Your OP did. rug Aug 2013 #18

Yes it did. xfundy Aug 2013 #19

Speaking of brain power, when you say "here's another one", you must mean "here's something else". rug Aug 2013 #20

I see what you did there. xfundy Aug 2013 #21

Perhaps you should conjure up a little more xfundy Aug 2013 #22

You came back to the post to say that? rug Aug 2013 #23

Sure. xfundy Aug 2013 #24