re: Mormon Church now owns $2 Billion in US Farmland

Am I wrong or is $2billion dollars of farmland not that much?

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What do you think of this? I actually trust the Mormon Church to keep that land useful for agriculture more than I trust China or even Bill Gates.

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All 3 are just as corrupt.

I'm totally ok with them buying it up. They take good care of it, and allow people like me to use it for a pretty light fee. Somebody has to own it and the hillbillies around here can't afford it and won't be good stewards

I just seen finished reading the book lights out, which is a nonfiction book about a theoretical cyber attack on the power grid. One chapter speaks about the Mormons and all of the prep work they have. They own everything from the farmland to the distribution trucking company. It is spread out throughout the US and Canada.

Religions need to pay taxes. Change my mind.

Think of all the taxes we as private citizens subsidize because of stuff like this.

I'm good with it. I don't buy into their religion, but every Mormon baw I've ever met is good people. Much rather them than Blackrock or whatever fund or the Chinamen.

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Religions need to pay taxes. Change my mind.

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Tell me how you got there and don't repeat this

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Think of all the taxes we as private citizens subsidize because of stuff like this.

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Because it makes no sense.


A quick google search shows the LDS church spent $1 billion on humanitarian aid last year alone and they are extremely efficient as the vast majority of the boots on the ground are unpaid volunteers. Why would you want to curtail that by funnelling some of their money through the governement which is at the extreme other end of the efficiency spectrum?

There are certainly churches and preachers that are using the non-profit designation to get rich and live lavish lifestyles, but the Mormons don't have paid preachers and are almost entirely volunteers. Pound for pound, I believe I read they are the most charitable religion and have by far the lowest overhead, meaning more money goes to those in need.

The government wouldn't need personal income tax if they were fiscally responsible. Your problem is with government waste, not true charitable organizations.

If anyone other than the farmers owns land in the country I would prefer it be Mormons instead of China

I know someone that leases a lot of it, the church is a great steward of the land. We hunted a chunk of the 147k acres near Paducah in Texas and they were very conservative for both hunting and cattle. The propertywas incredible. I was offered access to the Nebraska land, but couldn’t justify the 20 hour one way drive. The Nebraska property is 325k acres