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isn't a religious organization so should probably pay taxes.

Should pay taxes even if it were a so-called "RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIOIN" because "religious organizations" should pay taxes just like regular organizations.

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Well, they are magical thinkers so they figure MAGIC!!!!

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Try calling the IRS once. There's nobody home, EVER. After an hour of annoying hold music you get disconnected.

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Please, Dianne, take the pension and retire, you were great, but now yu just do not seem to ave the energy

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It's terrible. We need workers there.

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Not required to be, just disadvantageous since electors can't vote for both P and VP from their own state. Just the VP losing 3 votes from say WY or AK is probably no big deal if they really want that candidate for some reason, but losing all the EC votes for VP from CA would be a problem.

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A sad moment in Biden's life for sure. But I'm pretty sure that was a bipartisan effort.

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I wish I knew someone in politics to give this to because that's a great idea.

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I've always felt that the only money religious organizations shouldn't be taxed on is that which they spend on actual charitable endeavors. Anything not spent for charitable purposes should be taxed.

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Maybe they should have considered people other than Herschel Walker and Dr. Oz to run for the Senate. But no. So, go fuck yourselves GOP.

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Wow, someone actually responded? I'm a bit surprised. But you should remain hopeful that it gets approved even with another delay. I'm rooting for a good resolution. This would only help your business (and our economy as a whole) grow. Good Luck!

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Cletus and Cleta don't give a fuck about taxes because they're too poor to pay them. They care about being able to be their worst possible selves about people they don't like, which is mostly everybody.

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"Dianne."

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A couple years ago, one of my MAGAt neighbors tried to talk shit about funding the IRS. This was when he was struggling to get his pandemic-related unemployment checks processed with the state. The state adopted some service that allegedly makes the process easier because it’s primarily online, but because the state is understaffed still, the snafus occurring between the service’s processing and the state actually issuing the checks weren’t being addressed. This was in addition to the service actually being either inaccessible or unintelligible for older people with less tech savvy or even without internet. The state, in their unstaffed wisdom, had decided to do away with in-person access through offices, where people could come get assistance with the process.

When I explained how Republicans long ago gutted the IRS so that they could only manage to chase taxes from simple, low income taxpayers, because processing cases for wealthy tax dodgers is more complex, takes longer, and requires more resources, and that he was actually experiencing the results of what happens when they gut and understaff needed social support services that process people’s money, he still wasn’t capable of seeing the connection. He, like many other Republicans, is intellectually and morally lazy. His beef with the IRS is based upon nothing more than hearing a talking point on Fox. There’s no interest in learning differently, even if the problem directly impacts his own quality of life.

Republicans have invested longterm in creating the idea that taxes are bad, then gutting the resources the taxes provide for that people actually benefit from, so that they can point to the results of their sabotage as proof of their narrative. Then they secure tax relief for wealthy tax dodgers while blaming Dems for wanting to raise taxes when they need to fix what Republicans break. This narrative, along with the ones where Republicans are the party of family values and the party of patriotism, all serve the same function. They aren’t a political party. They are there to protect wealthy people from being forced to participate in the social contract.

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SWMGUY said he's self-employed, not a contractor. Big difference. (I've been both.)

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Somebody had you confused for a contractor. I replied to him that there's a big difference. I've been both. "It's not how much you make it's how much you keep." :)

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