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Re:Vatican Uses Donations for the Poor to Plug Its Budget De... by gumby on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @06:15PM (#21767822)
In Germany at least you can opt out.

I was surprised and even shocked that when my mother in law was out of the hospital after cancer treatment the Diakonie (social welfare connected to protestant church and funded by those taxes) showed up twice a day to change her dressing, make sure she was fed and administered her meds. And she was not a churchgoer. Made a huge difference.

Despite that I still agree those taxes should't exist and also agree that no organizations should be exempt from taxation.

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Re:Vatican Uses Donations for the Poor to Plug Its Budget De... by jacquesm on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @08:20PM (#21768511)
The cynic in me is suggesting that people that just had cancer treatment are excellent parties to be nice to on the off chance that they'll put you in their will, the optimist is happy that religion can show its good side every now and then.
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