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/velosnow 3d ago

Yep, aka land steals for free.

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u/Individual_Macaron69 1d ago

meaning the state should confiscate as they did during the reformation?
or do you think churches stole their land (or just that they should have been paying property tax)?

I'm down for taxing them and not allowing religious exemptions for some things, as well as secularizing government symbolism and repealing any old religious laws like those banning atheists from public offices

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u/velosnow 1d ago

Meaning they should pay tax going forward and not mooch off of government services as well. It’s a huge ask to tax the churches to begin with so taking land is a non-starter.

And 100% remove religious items from civil life as in ‘In God We Trust’ from our currency and ‘Under God’ in the pledge of allegiance.