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POPSAU Polices Politicking Churches The watchdog group, AU, tries to keep churches in line that recently overstepped the boundary between church and state. Here's hoping the IRS gives the offending church's books a fine looking over. If they wish to engage in partisan politics fine but not on my dime.
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POPSNo Political Sermons?
The good old days when powerful politicians could stomp all over free speech. "The debate over Jones’s bill and Johnson’s amendment reveals once again how confusing and confused church-state jurisprudence is and has always been and will always be. Both sides claim that the other is violating the separation of church and state. Barry Lynn, a minister who is executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, argues that “We just can’t have sermons converted into political advertisements for candidates,” and he warns against using “church collection plate money on an ad telling people” to vote for one candidate rather than another. " Oh come on. Seperating church and state is one thing. Stopping the clergy from making political statements is a whole different and very dangerous ballgame. Are you going to stop the clergy from speaking on immigration? How about speaking out about the plight of the poor? Should they stop making speeches about genocide? I
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POPSIRS, trusts, and TINs Does a trust have to file for a TIN? This article does NOT answer the question but it may lead to an answer.
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POPSScam Email: FW: IRS Refund Notification If you receive this (or any) email claiming to be from the IRS, delete it. The IRS does not contact taxpayers directly through email. The only email you should ever get directly about your tax return will be sent by the software you used to prepare your return (e.g. if you used TaxACT, you would get a confirmation email from TaxACT, not the IRS.)
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POPSThe Internal Revenue Code is not the law. If you haven't seen the movie by Aaron Russo - America Freedom to Fascism please watch it. Less than two minutes into the film, Russo has nailed together the events of the unconstitutional personal income tax (February 1913 fraudulent ratification of the insufficient 16th Amendment) and the unconstitutional Federal Reserve (December 1913 illegal delegation of one of Congress' essential legislative functions -- the coining and valuing of money). Watch it at www.AmericanSynergy.ws
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POPSA tax code change to benefit all...& get elected with! Change the tax code like this & people will support the cause! I'd like to hear which presidential candidate of any type will take up this exciting new approach as a campaign issue. The one who does just might get elected! ANYONE LISTENING?
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POPS1031 exchange overview A brief overview of 1031 (and reverse 1031) exchanges. You may also exchange a single property for multiple properties, or purchase one property from the proceeds of several. A popular strategy in the past was to acquire a replacement property in an exchange, rent the property out for a year, convert the property to a personal residence and sell it after two years and exclude the capital gain under the home sale exclusion rules. Congress closed this loophole in 2004. Exchange accomodators: http://www.1031.org/memberLocator/index.asp