Things that made you laugh today (Political Version)

[Parkbandit]

Not once in my life have I ever heard political parties discussed during a church service.

There's no law that says they can't.

[Seran]

The moment we start taxing the church is the moment the church has rights to unrestricting lobbying.

The Democrats bitch about the NRA who takes in 442 million a year. Now imagine 50 billion dollars worth of leverage.

You have no clue about what you're talking about, you just know that you hate the church.

Their tax exempt status is based upon their not engaging in anything but religious activities. Per the Revenue Act of 1913. Engaging in partisan political activism, influence peddling etc., is a violation of their tax exempt qualifications.

[Neveragain]

Their tax exempt status is based upon their not engaging in anything but religious activities. Per the Revenue Act of 1913. Engaging in partisan political activism, influence peddling etc., is a violation of their tax exempt qualifications.

[Tgo01]

Remember Seran thought importing 20% of our petroleum products from Russia then cutting that off wouldn’t matter because we only import 1% of our crude oil from them. He apparently thought the other petroleum products would just magically appear. He isn’t the brightest.

[Gelston]

Their tax exempt status is based upon their not engaging in anything but religious activities. Per the Revenue Act of 1913. Engaging in partisan political activism, influence peddling etc., is a violation of their tax exempt qualifications.

Not it doesn't. It was the Johnson Amendment of 1954 that banned them from supporting political campaigns. Nothing prevents them from supporting or disagreeing with laws or other functions. They are also allowed to lobby, though it cannot be a "substantial part" of their organization.

They are 100% allowed to:

Providing members of the congregation with nonpartisan information about issues in an election.
Organizing voter registration drives.
Hosting candidates as speakers, provided that each candidate on the ballot is given an equal opportunity to participate.
Holding discussions about the relationship between church doctrine and ballot issues.

[Jeril]

You suddenly end separation of Church and state.

You really need to work on that bigotry towards freedom of thought.

The sad part is, if Democrats would stop supporting killing babies they would never lose another election.

So, you are saying you support the rest of the idiotic things that the Democrats are currently doing?

[Parkbandit]

So, you are saying you support the rest of the idiotic things that the Democrats are currently doing?

He does.

He's a socialist.

[Neveragain]

So, you are saying you support the rest of the idiotic things that the Democrats are currently doing?

I'm highly disappointed in the current Democrat legislation as much as I'm disappointed in Republican legislation. Both parties stand in the way of what needs to be done to fix the problems we face.

30% of the US land mass is blocked from human development (640 million acres). In theory, that's enough land for 2 acres for every man woman and child in the US.

A portion of that land needs to be given to slave descendants and a new homestead act, another portion needs to be privatized for natural resources. The money from the sale of that land would be used to fund grants for homesteaders and tribal nations as well as pay down our debt.

Our school system needs upgraded, our classrooms are nearly a century old.

Our infrastructure needs updated. We need a Manhattan style project alongside a national work program, including a national healthcare system that's not an insurance scam.

[Neveragain]

He does.

He's a socialist.

[Tgo01]

A portion of that land needs to be given to slave descendants and a new homestead act

Because there is no evidence of people who previously had not much money suddenly coming into a lot of money and blowing it all in a relatively short period of time.

Democrats need to stop with the idea of just giving away money to people and thinking that will solve all of the problems.