"rely" ??

​@josephreed5155 What's the matter, Joe? Is that too big of a word for you.

All donations should not be tax deductible as you are no meaning you're not supposed to get anything back

@@michaelspampanato Not paying income tax on money that wont be going into your coffers, encourages one to donate. If I had to pay income tax on money I donated to a charity, I'd be less inclined to donate in the first place.

Sometimes you lose.

​@@marketingmasters3550yes sometimes you lose but in the end God will get those who were dishonest, and God will judge them HARD 🙏 😊

Don't be silly. Politicians do it all the time.

@@ChelleLlewes Then you condone it! I don't

Neither is privacy......not that Gestapo "if you have nothing to hide...." types like yourself ever cared for anyone's privacy. Everyone is guilty until proven innocent....sound like an Ellison supporter.

And what if someone doesn't bother keeping any books? What if they just collect and pass along every penny without counting or recording it? Because not everybody is in it for what they can get out of it.

​@@ChelleLlewesthey'd go out of business as they'd have bills come up n wouldn't be able to pay them. You thinking ppl can run any business without tracking their finances is honestly the dumbest thing I've ever heard, it's 2024 ffs. LMAO a business not tracking their books is one that gets robbed by employees pocketing money and can't pay it's bills that closes within a month.

conservatives seem to squash all regulations that would cover this, or underfund any policing of these situations so nothing is ever done about it. likely someone in office is getting kickbacks for looking the otherway.

Truth!

DON'T ADVERTISE AS A NON PROFIT and it's all good. How hard is that to understand? If coca cola donates a million dollars to a good cause n then advertises as a non profit, you'd lose your mind learning they make billions a year n only donated 1 million of it. How do so many ppl not see how this is a problem? Are ppl just getting dumber?

It doesn't matter, if I make a billion dollars off a business I'm advertising as a non profit but only donate 1 million, that 1 million is going to help some ppl but part of the big reason I make a billion was because ppl think the business is non profit so they're more willing to spend more money when in fact I/they could be pocketing the rest of it. Imagine if coca cola a giant corporation donates a million dollars n then is like see we're nonprofit buy more coca cola as we then will donate more money to good causes when in fact they donate less the 1% of profits. It's literally fraud no matter how many ppl they help if they are making money of fraudulent claims.

It’s a local news segment. They can’t afford to give him an interview because it would take too much time. They would have to make a half hour special to do it properly and no story is worth that much investment from thenews station

Only in the minds of "progressive" folks who don't understand money and have to scam or send the government, because they're too lazy to even do their own robbery, to get it.....

That's absolutely fine but don't advertise as a non profit when your in fact profiting n donating whatever you can/want. The whole point is to make sure they aren't scamming through fraudulent claims. Coca cola donates a a lot of money to good causes just like pretty much every other corporation but they don't claim to be non profit for it as that would be ridiculous as they make billions for their shareholders every year. We/the state don't know how much they're making and howuch they're donating.

clearly you only want the law to be used on people who aren't white. I honestly didn't think Minnesota was this racist but man you Minnesotans proving me wrong at every turn.

If your gonna hold Ellison accountable hold the irs accountable too.

@@ridwanomar5351 unrelated but good point.

Not if they pocket some of the donations for personal use... which is why transparency is needed. So, you are ok with a bank robber giving a portion of his take to charity? Do one good deed to excuse a bad one 🤣

@@MinnesotaBeekeeper unrelated it was the irs who revoked there tax exemption? First.

Weren’t the taxes collected in accordance with the law? How is that stolen?

You’re right all of these places that claim to be nonprofit and line their pockets, that should never be checked 😂. There’s lots of people in this world who talk like they’re nice kind people when they’re really scumbags. I’m not assuming that’s the case here.

So, you think a state can run on $6 billion? You don't seem very bright.

Cool your jets.

💯!! 75 yrs here in MSP,to many decades of tax,spend politician,worst 2 mayor's in USA...find a way to tax residents every 6 months, pathetic 🐛

I can tell from your post, you have NEVER seen the inside of a dentist office.

IT"S something . Just don't know yet .

Lol 😂 soon Walz and AG will welcome as many of the Palestinian refugees as they can get their vote on

​@@BooBahh-uh5jkOf course. The local news will start shilling for "welcoming" these people. I've seen this pattern before.

Ummmmm......they're required to prove their Tax Exempt status. Always have been!.........D'UH ?

For over a half century I have opposed tax free Religion. I had an uncle that was the "Church of older rich suckers" we called it. Texas. He was very we$$ rewarded. ...and we paid for his share of taxes.

@@josephreed5155 I don't think there should be any tax exempt businesses.

@@danb6838it’s really unwise to comment like you’re a subject matter expert and end it with “du’h” (leaving aside the idiotic use of an apostrophe in the non-word, but you began your comment with one so I guess it was a fitting end🤦🏾‍♀️). I sincerely doubt you know anything about religious charitable exemptions and how easy it is for a church to both gain 501(c)(3) status and maintain it (that means what records a church is required to provide to show where their funds are going). It’s not remotely a detailed accounting. Here are some categories (with a single, lump sum number provided and no breakdown): building expenses, pay, bereavement, travel, purchases (yes, that’s a legitimate category). We once prosecuted a church that had its status revoked because “purchases” were primarily cosmetic surgery for the minister’s wife, multiple motorcycles for him and his adult sons, trips to Europe for all of their kids, buying and selling crypto on the side (and losing). Forgot to mention I’ve been an attorney in practice for almost 30 years and a great deal of that time has been as a federal prosecutor and judge. Tax exemption status for churches remains one of the biggest swindles on the American people that those being directly exploited stupidly defend while they’re quite literally being robbed by their spiritual leaders. It’s a pathetic case of not seeing the forest for the trees or intentionally wearing blinders. Either way, it’s a highly misused and abused privilege that’s time has long since ended. Once a church reaches a certain income level, the exemption needs to end as the exemption is phased out entirely. But sure, tell us more about “du’h”🙄

What about the rule of law?

Why would a live interview have been any different than a recorded interview. The fact that they don’t wanna talk about it now that they’ve been called out is what’s making people question it.

@@Rayman-cd8bd Because they can chop up and edit a live interview to spin the narrative against them. The fact that he wanted to do a live interview and the news declined makes the news agency look sus; not him.

Nope not true. It smells and the AG knows something for sure or it wouldn't have come light. He wanted it live to control the narrative

@@paulpease8254 What about bad law?

Read up on what tje AG's office has done. Major high hanging fruit. This guy must have done something to get the attention of the AG's office

30 million dollars is low hanging fruit? You realize this family jets all over the world, right?

But they are tax cheats…pretending to be a non profit when they are not. Is that what you meant to say?

30 million is a "small business"?

And religious works Unless it's putting a satanic statue in the capitol or something

Small businesses are the embodiment of capitalism, Democrats are anti-capitalist... that's why they are so entitled to your labor/property, they don't even see it as being yours.

Also the Second Amendment. i think both are a holdover from the Left's long love affair with communism.

Small business? 😅

Yep they got them too

I didn’t know Christians needed a tax deduction in order to help the poor. Pay unto Caesar what is his and all…

@@paulpease8254 Oh, Paul...pleasepleasePLEASE pay better attention...

They help themselves more or they would have been on the up and up

If it was CLEAR, then there wouldn’t be this news story. They don’t say how it’s clear. That’s just a statement with no proof. The anchor says it’s clear because he heard Ingram say it but what proof is there that it’s true?

@@whatithink9917 What's not on the up and up? Foundation works better for them, so why not?

@@ChelleLlewes you will see the grifting soon enough

@@whatithink9917 That is not an answer to my question. As wrong as it is. So. WHAT is NOT on the up-and-up???

💯🐛

Not really

You are not American so let me educate you about our system. Businesses like this will take in millions of dollars and only give away hundreds of dollars but avoid taxes by being labeled as a charity, they want to look socially responsible and tell you the only way they can possibly make money is if the community donates more and more. They drain resources and get rich, while the community suffers.

​@@AnonymousRapGuymore worried about a small chain than the 5 trillion that moved upward defeats your own point about draining and making people rich. Propagandized mook

​@@AnonymousRapGuy more worried about a small chain than the 5 trillion that moved upward defeats your own point about draining and making people rich. Propagandized mook

Tax blm

Why so the government can send that money overseas to. No thanks. Taxation is theft

Or gates and Melinda foundation

So your fine with a business like coca cola donating a million dollars and then advertising as a non profit to buy more coca cola as "all the profits go to charity" to then find out they only donated a million dollars out of the several billions they make a year? That's literally the definition of fraud, are ppl getting dumber? Or are is the majority of everyone a fraud?

Cry about it. No one cares taxation is theft

Absolutely

There are such things as bad laws. Non constitutional ones exist if you sheep qould stop grazing poisoned grass and wake up. I mean even alcohol was illegal at one point

It does when they buy something.