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ceiffhikare t1_j720hbc wrote

Gosh if only there was a worldwide organization that was all about serving the poor and had property in nearly every town and village. Guess such groups if they exist have other priorities though, too bad. it would be great PR.

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contrary-contrarian t1_j724rya wrote

Yeah but how could there possibly be an organization like that? It's not like every single town in Vermont has big buildings with tons of available space and the organizations that run them are tax free...

Also, even if there were it's not like those organizations literally state their mission is to help people, serve the poor and needy, and welcome all comers.

Oh wait.....

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PPOKEZ t1_j738rm8 wrote

It would never work. An organization with that much power and moral influence would immediately become a highly networked cult embedded at every level of authority constantly trying to sway political decisions even though it goes against their nonprofit status.

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contrary-contrarian t1_j73d7dk wrote

Thank science that just isn't possible! I'd be very worried if there was some international group forcing politicians to pledge allegiance to them over any other moral or philosophical code and ensuring our country (and others) are run according to some cultish ideals.

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TheTowerBard t1_j729hzh wrote

True. It’d also be great PR for our own government if they helped folks. Like, actual help.

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ceiffhikare t1_j72chbg wrote

Well its not like The General Welfare is declared anywhere in our founding docu...Oh! Well that's awkward,lol.

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TheTowerBard t1_j72hd0k wrote

Whoops! It’s doubly good that so many constitutionalists don’t belong to a religion that demands they help the… oh wait, what’s that? They don’t actually follow Jesus’s teachings outside of Sunday mornings? That’s crazy.

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ceiffhikare t1_j72kwxd wrote

Yeah i think the table-flipping Jesus would have a word or two for the christian conservatives of today. we would live in an almost utopia if both Americans in general and Christians lived up to the mythology they are raised on.

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Galadrond t1_j79eb7r wrote

Here I was thinking Vermonters should reach out to Habitat for Humanity.

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ceiffhikare t1_j79jq85 wrote

IIRC they require folks to have something like $30K/year for HFH to help in addition to the sweat equity. That part is buried in the details though and not part of the PR hype around them. Still not a bad group but you are right, the religious affiliation makes it..well good people doing good deeds for their own reasons ..not just because its the Right thing to do.

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