On: The preachers getting rich from poor Americans

[luckylion]

The churches are funded by public money?

[simonh → luckylion]

I think 'Township money' just means the resources of the community.

[luckylion → simonh]

Possibly. I guess op has a very different understanding of "collective spending" than people that consider themselves "fiscally conservative".

[auiya → luckylion]

Collective spending in this case != elective spending. Taxes are compulsory, church tithes are not, but the end result is the same - the exploitation of the lower and middle class.

[luckylion → auiya]

There is no "collective spending" when the spending isn't done by "the collective". To argue that "some people spend money, those people are part of the collective, therefore the collective spends that money" just removes all value from the terms. Sure, the "worldwide collective" spends money on everything ...

[maxxxxx → luckylion]

They are tax deductible and also probably get subsidies from municipalities.