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BTW, where do the WBC get their dough?
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 RE: BTW, where do the WBC get their dough?
November 7, 2011 at 2:53 am
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2011 at 3:04 am by Rokcet Scientist.)
I've been audited for less!
High time for the IRS to come down on them like a ton of bricks. And the FBI too. Because if they are screwing it is organised crime. 
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I'm so glad that where I live, this kind of BS lawsuits don't even go to trial, mostly are dismissed and archived due to bad reasoning. And even if they did, the amount of waiting in the justice system is enough to dismay even the more patient person. OFC this is not always a good thing, but they do prioritize criminal trials, and civil coutrooms are clogged up with more earthly issues, eg debts, worker-employer shit, etc. They'd probably get arrested for picketing a funeral, since to make any kind of manifestation on public grounds you have to ask permission and the manifestation must be peacefull and non provocative.
But I do wonder why did the police charged on the wall street occupiers so easily, while these shitbags roam the country, provoking people in moments of pain. If they are exercising their freedom of expression the way they do, then if I expressed it with my fist on their skulls is just as legal. RE: BTW, where do the WBC get their dough?
November 7, 2011 at 10:15 am
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2011 at 10:20 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The idea behind the lawsuits isn't that they could actually win. It's the hassle of the legal process, and the willingness of some to settle anything out of court.
I do honestly think that the whole thing started as an elaborate con. I think the wbc was always intended to be a tax shelter, and a fount of potential legal actions. It's almost brilliant from that angle. Scientology did something very similar just a couple of years before(1953) this church performed it's first public service(1955). Their legal policies and public image are part of the machine. The similarities between the two are astonishing.
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I have a better question. If the FBI can raid slaugter and burn an entire.cult in wacko Texas, what keeps these bozos alive? Does the U. S. Government like them?
(November 7, 2011 at 11:17 am)zip_ster Wrote: I have a better question. If the FBI can raid slaugter and burn an entire.cult in wacko Texas, what keeps these bozos alive? Does the U. S. Government like them? Yes, because they are a welcome distraction. What's worse: apparently the US people love them too. Why else haven't they been lynched yet?  Quote:High time for the IRS to come down on them like a ton of bricks. How? What part of "tax exempt" don't you get? This is why all these theistic fuckwits should be taxed. The minute they open their mouths about some political issue they should lose their tax exempt status....starting with the fucking catholics and going right down the list. RE: BTW, where do the WBC get their dough?
November 7, 2011 at 6:20 pm
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2011 at 6:22 pm by Rokcet Scientist.)
(November 7, 2011 at 2:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:High time for the IRS to come down on them like a ton of bricks. The part where a formal audit double-checks the justification of that status. Every year. Sainthood is forever. The right to tax exemption must be proven every year.
Do you know that I used to work for the IRS? Do you have any idea how few agents are assigned to that kind of work? It's been a while but at one point we had 20,000 agents working income tax cases and about 1,500 working in what was called the Employee Plans ( Pensions) and Exempt Organizations division. That's nationwide. Most of the people assigned to that division work on pension plans not exempt organizations. To get an audit going on an exempt organization almost required what was called a "squeal letter" in which someone rats out their bosses. Almost always those would be pursued by the criminal division and that's only if the witness was credible which in many cases they were not.
RE: BTW, where do the WBC get their dough?
November 7, 2011 at 6:33 pm
(This post was last modified: November 7, 2011 at 6:41 pm by Rokcet Scientist.)
 (November 7, 2011 at 2:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:High time for the IRS to come down on them like a ton of bricks. I've never even understood the theory of being a religious organization that stays out of politics. The two subjects, religion and politics, are intertwined and have been since Constantine told the Christians to work it out at Nicaea. It's hard for me to imagine how you can be a religious institution that successfully stays away from political matters.
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