i feel as though i just fell off the turnip truck. it seems the pope and all his cronies have a much steadier cash flow than i was aware of. in many parts of europe there is a CHURCH TAX!
that's right, a feckin church tax and it's not chump change. the state tacks on an additional 10% tax to registered catholics and gives it to the church. talk about a sweet deal for the church. and there are about 25 million registered catholics in germany paying this tax. the jews and protestants also pay the fucking tax!
now the big shot german catholics are instituting a PAY TO PRAY policy. if you don't pay the tax, you don't get the mighty catholic mumbo jumbo bullshit. what has me in a real lather is my beloved iceland also has a church tax. they call it a congregation tax and even if you don't belong to any church you still have to pay it. the state keeps the tax in that case.
fucking churches. these douchebags are worse than l ron hubbard and his merry band of shysters. so it goes.
fuck me, even jay and silent bob briefly bought into it:
i love you sons of bitches.
fuck me, what a pain in the neck to make paragraphs on this new blogger bullshit. i actually went to help and read the instructions. i don't heppy with this.
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The tax is actually 9% of the income tax they pay, which works out at 2% of gross income for the average German earner. I'm still surprised the stingy Germans pay it though. They must really believe all the stuff about absolution.
Wouldn't it be cheaper if Germany just used that money to buy an indulgence & got over it?
Seriously though, even though Americans love to TALK about "separation of church and state" you would marvel at the myriad ways Rome is picking their pockets through the IRS.
Most are blissfully ignorant of it.
I wish I was!
Damn, I thought the middle ages were over. Didn't have a Reformation over this shit? Of course, they get a sweet deal in the US, too, with what I consider an unconstitutional tax exemption but that's another story.
gb - 2% for a blissful eternity is a pretty good deal if things workout.
galt - and every time someone dies and leaves their property to the church the local property taxes take a hit. i've read that it's having a big impact in some towns.
bob - as tony soprano would say, whaddaya gonna do.
New blogger bullshit? Nothing has changed for me recently. Of course a few months ago I was bitching about things but you just learn how to deal with them and make them work.
Religions have all kinds of scams, except for mine, I've never passed around a collection plate, and if I did it would be for beer or black powder.
bill - i stuck with the old blogger and that seems to have disappeared.
if there's no scam or collection plate then it's not a real religion.
Here churches enjoy tax-free exemptions - income, property, capital gains, everything. They then invest millions in private industry and rake in profits. The Mormon church is said to have huge financial holdings.
The are supposed to LOSE their tax exempt status if they promote a particular candidate or cause... it Never happens!
it's a great racket and the catholic practice of confessing to the priests is more lucrative than zuckerberg's like buttons.
Ah, yup, the old blogger went away, but you'll learn to deal with the new, at least it's still fucking free and ad free.
Yellow Dog Granny did a post just for me, but the fucking idiot didn't provide a link to me, the fucking idiot thinks it's special that her fucking off spring has more fucking kids.
She should just go watch some more fucking football games cuz she hasn't got a clue how this planet really works.
But she's great at posting interesting shit.
bill - if your goal is to piss of the ladies, you're a very successful man. i guess i've seen the last of yellowdog for a while. unless she wants to say hello to ruby.
These fucking idiots that are posting pictures of their kids and grand kids on the internut have no fucking idea what others are doing with those pictures.
I think she'll still visit your blog, I don't think she has any problem with you.
Oh look. BBC got thrown off another blog for being a creep and an asshole.
Shocking how such a sage winds up so maligned! Stupid monkeys!
As if that's not funny enough, he's mad he didn't get a link out of it, so the pathetic fame whore is now doing a promotional tour.
What a fucking loser.
Oh look. BBC got thrown off another blog for being a creep and an asshole.
Shocking how such a sage winds up so maligned! Stupid monkeys!
As if that's not funny enough, he's mad he didn't get a link out of it, so the pathetic fame whore is now doing a promotional tour.
What a fucking loser.
Oh look. BBC got thrown off another blog for being a creep and an asshole.
Shocking how such a sage winds up so maligned! Stupid monkeys!
As if that's not funny enough, he's mad he didn't get a link out of it, so the pathetic fame whore is now doing a promotional tour.
What a fucking loser.
I don't know much about taxes.
Seems like if the greedy bastards would give out as much as they take in, there would be no profit to tax.
So I don't have a problem with churches (that make profit) paying taxes.
It also seems like drug dealers should pay taxes and the only way for that to happen is legalize drugs.
If they legalize drugs, that would empty out much of the non-violent prison population.
That would (theoretically) lower the amount of taxes that we all have to pay.
So, tax the greedy, for profit, churches and legalize drugs
tex - i wonder what came first, organized religion or taxes? kind of like the chicken and the egg puzzle.
bill - you told me to attract more visitors but you can drive them away faster than i can attract them.
maybe if you give the yellowdog a heartfelt apology she'll forgive us and come back.
leslie - so far you're the only person tougher than old bill. the aquarian folded like a cheap tent when i had the temerity to call her predicable. maybe you can teach her a few things.
bill - you told me to attract more visitors but you can drive them away faster than i can attract them.
Actually, pissing off these stupid cocksuckers by calling them stupid cocksuckers drives up visits to my blog, go figure. :-)
Looks like the Leslie cocksucker got the fucking hiccups.
Aquarians IS a cheap tent, with a perpetually open flap.
BBC, you never mention your $5 hooker anymore. Did you decide you get more bang for your buck buying gunpowder?
Ms. Fun is alive and well, not to mention a good friend, but moving soon, and I wish her well in her future travels. It was just a passing benefit for both of us.
As for black powder, keep it dry and your balls clean.
Wet balls are easier to shove into a barrel but are hell on water solvable gun powder that won't burn when wet. It's best to use a barrier between them, like a condom.
Aquarians IS a cheap tent, with a perpetually open flap.
If we got along okay I could live with that with great joy.
I would love to help facilitate this most unholy union.
Btw, have you ever seen Silence of the Lambs?
I guess you have to take Leslie with a gain of salt being as she's president of her local chapter of the Babbling Cocksuckers Guild.
Cooling down here, had to turn on the heat this morning, but still no rain so I'm thankful for that, we'll get more than enough of it when it does start in.
I have four two dollar Canadian loonies with a figure of the queen cocksucker on one side and a bear on the other.
I'm thinking this old bear can trade them to a Canadian cocksucker in Victoria for a blowjob.
She may not have any teeth but who in the hell needs teeth in a blow job?
And before Leslie say's anything about me not having teeth, I just gum tits.
leslie- yeah, the old aquarian can pitch but she can't catch for sour apples.
bill - please tone down the sexual references. i'm trying to attract new readers for you to insult.
bill - please tone down the sexual references. i'm trying to attract new readers for you to insult.
If you think you can do that by being squeaky clean you're full of shit.
Guess we have come to realize where the phrase "ugly American" came from: All y'all duzzn't tawlkz lihk thiyis, duzzya, BBC?
BTW, if you have the Blogger app on an Android or Apple device, you can bypass that cheezy new interface. It's not flawless, but it gets the job done.
Let’s see, Leslie can say anything she likes but I’ll be reprimanded for calling her a babbling cocksucker. Okay, got it, in the future I’ll refrain from calling her a babbling cocksucker, on this blog anyway.
Typical response of a 12-yr old. "But what about her?! Waaaaah Wah Waaaah!!!"
You are a moron, a pig, a sexist lout, and a bigot. Do you not see the difference in our online behavior?
You're not being reprimanded for calling me anything. You're being reprimanded for being a piece of shit.
Let me know if you need more help with this.
bill - you're a very sensitive man if you consider that a reprimand.
verbal reprimand, written reprimand, dismissal.
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