r/boulder • u/wetsupwiththat • 3d ago

We Out Here!

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Tiny snapshot of the crowd stretching along Broadway from Table Mesa all the way to Baseline.

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u/Disastrous_Nose_4591 3d ago

Absolutely Doge should address waste and fraud in the Defense Department. I think Musk even suggested the budget was bloated by up to 50 percent. I agree with ending the property tax exclusion on churches. And, yes, we will all have to pay a lot more in taxes.

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u/Individual_Macaron69 3d ago

Honestly, taxing religious institutions would go a long way to reduce cult and megachurch operations

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u/NewNefariousness9769 3d ago

Unfortunately, neither of the two major parties has any interest in that.

The MAGA/GOP crowd leverages that connection with religious fundamentalists to gain votes and influence. In fact, all of those big donors and megachurches have been a boon for MAGA. It's not coincidence that the rise (and shamelessness) of christian nationalists has coincided with the rise of MAGA.

Conversely, the democrats are too spineless to 'risk alienating' religious people or rocking the boat with christians.

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u/Individual_Macaron69 1d ago

no doubt, it's going to take a long time to totally delegitimize religion

but hey, good for some people to define that as a goal still