Millionaire televangelists Kenneth Copeland and Jesse Duplantis defend their private jet purchases. Prepare to cringe.

our government tends to be terrified of doing anything involving churches because of the backlash they'd face.
Hell, IIRC our tax system has a situation where someone is supposed to be in charge of the church... area (I don't really know a better term) but, since no specific title is designated no one actually watches them at all. There are some regulations on what qualifies as a church and a lot of the televangelist places don't qualify--but since no one is in charge of it they're allowed to carry on.
Honestly, churches need to, bare minimum, file their taxes and, once they reach a certain level--they need to pay taxes. I'm completely fine with some small church not paying as some of the really small town churches would never be able to afford it but the megachurches getting to skip out on it should be a crime.

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