re: #121 Joe Bacon 🌹

Another reason why it’s time to tax the churches!

Former Nebraska governor Dave Heineman (R) floated a proposal to assess property taxes on religious property. (I almost fainted that came from a Republican.)

The howl went up across the state from Wyoming to Iowa. He kept at his tax plan for about a week, but every religious person in the state, regardless of faith, was prepared to hang him from a lamppost in Lincoln.

He not only backed down, he apologised to the churches.

(The Lutheran Church in my town owns about one-eighth of the land, taking one-eighth of the town off the tax rolls.)