<![CDATA[NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions?]]>NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions?

This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one.

We founded two. Here’s how.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reporters-private-school-owners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/97374672-93a4-4227-a400-e6737b11e201/new-remember-when-john-oliver-opened-a-church-to-expose-how-easy-it-was-to-get-tax-exemptionsRSS for NodeFri, 23 Oct 2026 22:55:12 GMTMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:30:29 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:07:24 GMT]]>@ProPublica John Oliver wasn't the first person to explore the "church as a tax exemption" trick. In the 1970s, I met a guy who was a minister in "The Universal Life Church" (or something with a similar name). They sent him instructions on how to set things up and get all sorts of tax breaks. Meanwhile the IRS was proceeding carefully out of concern that a court precedent could turn the U.S. into a country of ministers, so it worked for a while.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bzdev/statuses/117392463935519306https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/bzdev/statuses/117392463935519306Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:07:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? on Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:58:08 GMT]]>@ProPublica brb, enrolling my kids in the ProPublica charter school.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vis.social/users/wcbdata/statuses/117391719705984146https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://vis.social/users/wcbdata/statuses/117391719705984146Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:58:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:15:51 GMT]]>@TimWardCam @ProPublica everyone who lives in this country knows that the only nanny state we've ever had is Republicans protecting the wealthy and the whites from any accountability. The nanny state only occurs when Republicans are in power, innit?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116971801459197566/statuses/117389901895693432https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116971801459197566/statuses/117389901895693432Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:15:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:22:24 GMT]]>@ProPublica Kind of a shame you don't actually want to run a school. I'll bet it would be pretty awesome.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sbourne/statuses/117389455796887648https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sbourne/statuses/117389455796887648Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:22:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:21:21 GMT]]>@ProPublica Great reporting!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/117389451675270471https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/117389451675270471Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:21:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:25:13 GMT]]>@ProPublica An excellent example of investigative reporting and a frightening look at the dumbification (that's dumb with a "d") of how our kids may suffer inadequate education at the hands of random homeschool and micro-school purveyors. SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/chrisfuen/statuses/117388995007622693https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/chrisfuen/statuses/117388995007622693Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:25:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:23:15 GMT]]>@2k_115@mastodon.social AI slop account posting AI-generated replies to everything.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/alextecplayz/statuses/117388987331441279https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/alextecplayz/statuses/117388987331441279Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:23:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:07:19 GMT]]>@ProPublica Land Of The Free, innit. It's not the business of the woke leftie nanny state to interfere.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/117388924645877550https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/117388924645877550Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:07:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? on Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:43:23 GMT]]>@ProPublica The contradiction is structural: the US can build vast systems for surveillance, biometrics and data extraction, yet public-money accountability remains fragmented. Tracking citizens is technologically sophisticated; tracking who receives public funds, why, and what they deliver can be remarkably weak.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116178050250416855/statuses/117388830559531956https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116178050250416855/statuses/117388830559531956Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:43:23 GMT