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fasttense

(17,301 posts)

7. Yes, in a huge budget it looks like pocket change

Reply to Bohunk68 (Reply #3)

Tue May 3, 2016, 07:28 AM

May 2016

Paying $600+ for a toilet seat, $7,000 for a coffee maker or $37 for an average screw isn't much either in an ovestuffed budget.
But it's done NOT to pay for the value of the service or item but to funnel money to your favorite contractor or religious leader. A truely religious leader would do it for free. It's a scam that someone is getting rich off of.

Now let's go cut Welfare and Social Security some more.

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Taxpayers Billed $800,000 A Year For Prayers In Congress [View all] Albertoo May 2016 OP

This expensive prayer has not helped congress act in an ethical manner. Enthusiast May 2016 #1

My thought: Pray at home. Paper Roses May 2016 #2

In a Trillion Dollar Budget, this does not even qualify as pocket change. Bohunk68 May 2016 #3

Yes, in a huge budget it looks like pocket change fasttense May 2016 #7

A true public servant would also do their service for free. Igel May 2016 #11

I'm pretty sure most people know what a chaplain does fasttense May 2016 #12

There are plenty of establishments of worship in DC. SusanCalvin May 2016 #4

Considering what they've gotten done I hate to think what they're praying for (preying on?). Scuba May 2016 #5

Religion is big business mdbl May 2016 #6

Good value for money. goldent May 2016 #8

Indeed, what a value. trotsky May 2016 #10

Religious privilege. n/t trotsky May 2016 #9

Think of how much less expensive it would be if we only allowed atheist into office. fasttense May 2016 #13

Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives struggle4progress May 2016 #14

Grifters gonna grift Major Nikon May 2016 #15