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Old 02-16-2017, 05:32 PM
 
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They never can answer that one beyond an "ummm...uhhh....yyyyeahh...uhhhhhhhh.............. ..TRUMP RULES!"
When do you plan on kicking in to pay off the wars?
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Old 02-16-2017, 05:34 PM
 
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Yeah, how do people take care of others unless by the force of the STATE???


https://www.stvincentcharity.com/giving/


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https://www.catholiccharitiesdc.org/CCHCN


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Thank God the government is here to force all of us to give them our income!
Church's are going to build bridges? Also, as has been noted already, Catholic "charities" are largely funded by taxpayers.
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Old 02-16-2017, 05:36 PM
 
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The church? What church? Where is the church that will pick up the tab for people's medical expenses?

Catholic Charities is the largest conduit between government and charities. The vast majority of their funding comes from government grants, not people who attend services. Lutheran Services is the second and they too receive the lion's share of funding from government.

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Can you support your claim by linking to tax filings of Catholic Charities to prove that claim? If by funding you mean Medicare/Medicaid payments then you are "misreporting" the truth. Please prove your statement that the "vast majority of funding for Catholic Charities and Lutheran Services received most of their funding from government grants." That'd be great!
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Old 02-16-2017, 05:38 PM
 
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Back when we were a Christian nation people didn't complain about helping out the less fortunate.
Lol. We stopped being a christian nation when Trump started carrying a bible to campaign rallies and quoting Corinthians Two.

That is when it became clear that being a christian was meaningless.
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Old 02-16-2017, 05:39 PM
 
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Can you support your claim by linking to tax filings of Catholic Charities to prove that claim? If by funding you mean Medicare/Medicaid payments then you are "misreporting" the truth. Please prove your statement that the "vast majority of funding for Catholic Charities and Lutheran Services received most of their funding from government grants." That'd be great!
Catholic Church collects $1.6 billion in U.S. contracts, grants since 2012 - Washington Times

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee services.

Nearly all provided by the taxpayers.

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocument...065e3bb0-9.pdf
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Old 02-16-2017, 05:43 PM
 
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Lol. We stopped being a christian nation when Trump started carrying a bible to campaign rallies and quoting Corinthians Two.

That is when it became clear that being a christian was meaningless.
Bombing hospitals didn't hint at it maybe?
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Old 02-16-2017, 05:44 PM
 
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Yes we know your situation applies to each and every one of us every minute of every day. All of us have had an incredible streak of good luck not getting sick or hit by a bus, etc. in our 90 days too. So yeah, that's how the world works...according to YOUR lot in life. Thanks for being such a great and lucky guy!
Who said I didn't get sick? I had no insurance at one point in my life when I shattered my ankle and had to undergo two surgeries. I paid for all of it. Growing up, my brother had a staph infection in his arm, starting when he was 3 years old. He was hospitalized multiple times and my parents didn't have health insurance, but my brother was never denied medical help and my parents never declared bankruptcy because they arranged payment plans and we all lived on a budget that excluded things like vacations or dining out or cable TV, etc., until the medical bills got paid. That's how you handle life.
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Old 02-16-2017, 05:45 PM
 
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I have asked this probably 20 without an answer. How do you plan to pay for bridges and their upkeep?
What does infrastructure have to do with health insurance? Straw men are the arguments of those who cannot debate and defend their position.
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Old 02-16-2017, 05:47 PM
 
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Yeah just so you know...taxes aren't theft, no matter how much you righties want them to be.
Yes it is. What I earn from my labor should be MINE and forcing me by penalty of prison to part with the fruits of my labor so that the government can redistribute it for political capital is theft.
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Old 02-16-2017, 05:48 PM
 
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What does infrastructure have to do with health insurance? Straw men are the arguments of those who cannot debate and defend their position.
It has very little to do with that. It deals with the idea that taxes are theft. No answer?
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