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I thought this was just a way to reduce money laundry. If the church would just receive donations, it gets hard to track where the money is coming from/going to
by missurunha 5y ago
I thought this was just a way to reduce money laundry. If the church would just receive donations, it gets hard to track where the money is coming from/going to. There's a church in Brazil that flies helicopters out of the temple carrying cash [1]. If you're a drug dealer there's no money laundry scheme better than this.
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciw8ciqPY_c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciw8ciqPY_c
- sammax 5y agoIt has historical reasons. Back when Napoleon conquered Europe, the HRE redistributed some land from the Church to the secular rulers and in return promised to fund them via taxes and compensate them for the land. The church tax has since become more of a membership fee (you can just leave the Church and stop paying it), but the state still collects it for the Churches.