Shouldn't be a problem. Jesus saves.

Jesus was poor. These people can handle it. Now they can really understand Jesus' message. Nice headline.

That headline just made my morning.

(Should be Spiffy tag).

Well at least they have the best retirement anyone can have:

Heaven.

beat me by one minute, lilplatinum..

If only there were some all-powerful super being to whom they could turn in their need.

Suddenly, playing pretend friend isn't so fun anymore.

anwserman beat me too it.

canadianloon: Well at least they have the best retirement anyone can have:

Heaven.

Hehe good one.

/Wait, you were serious?

tax exemptions for religious organizations under Virginia law include an exemption from paying unemployment taxes.

"I had no idea that there would not be any benefits for me after leaving my job," she said.

Translation: "I don't pay taxes but still want all the benefits."
Good luck with that, Churchy La Femme.

Where is your God now?

If you don't render unto Caesar you can't expect the government to tithe you over.

Unemployed: Hi Yeah, I'm here to get an unemployment check for losing my job at the church..

Agent: I don't have a check for you but your pastor did ask me to tell you this.

Mathew 6 19"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

FTA: "...she was told her unemployment claim was denied because the tax exemptions for religious organizations under Virginia law include an exemption from paying unemployment taxes..."
Sounds to me like her former employer decided to not pay them, therefore, no soup for you!
You got screwed over by your god-friends, deal with it.

I blame Rahm Emmanuel for this. He should pay up!

IgG4: Right on. It is easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle than a rich man into heaven after all. So these people are just living the dream.

I may love you...

Is it wrong that I find this hilarious?

idrow: tax exemptions for religious organizations under Virginia law include an exemption from paying unemployment taxes.

"I had no idea that there would not be any benefits for me after leaving my job," she said.

Translation: "I don't pay taxes but still want all the benefits."
Good luck with that, Churchy La Femme.

Where is your God now?

I've got news for you numbnuts. She did pay her taxes, it's the religious organization that didn't. That's how it works. The civilian employees (non ministerial) have to pay taxes at a regular rate, just like you and I. It is the organization that gets a pass on the unemployment taxes which is a bunch of crap. It is funny that these religious organizations make such a big deal out of helping others, but won't help their own people.

Big_Doofus: It is funny that these religious organizations make such a big deal out of helping others, but won't help their own people.

Ya, but not really that surprising.

Big_Doofus: It is funny that these religious organizations make such a big deal out of helping others, but won't help their own people.

Hypocrisy in religion, what is the world comming to.

Big_Doofus: I've got news for you numbnuts. She did pay her taxes, it's the religious organization that didn't. That's how it works. The civilian employees (non ministerial) have to pay taxes at a regular rate, just like you and I. It is the organization that gets a pass on the unemployment taxes which is a bunch of crap. It is funny that these religious organizations make such a big deal out of helping others, but won't help their own people.

Jeez, you really trashed on that argument that nobody made.

At least they get total enlightenment upon death, right? So they got that going for them...

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Big_Doofus: idrow: tax exemptions for religious organizations under Virginia law include an exemption from paying unemployment taxes.

"I had no idea that there would not be any benefits for me after leaving my job," she said.

Translation: "I don't pay taxes but still want all the benefits."
Good luck with that, Churchy La Femme.

Where is your God now?

I've got news for you numbnuts. She did pay her taxes, it's the religious organization that didn't. That's how it works. The civilian employees (non ministerial) have to pay taxes at a regular rate, just like you and I. It is the organization that gets a pass on the unemployment taxes which is a bunch of crap. It is funny that these religious organizations make such a big deal out of helping others, but won't help their own people.

FTFA: The Catholic Diocese of Richmond has a voluntary self-insurance arrangement with the state that allows laid-off workers to file for unemployment. If the claim is accepted, the state bills the diocese for the amount of the benefits collected by the recipient.

This warms my frigid, angry little soul.

calculator13: That headline just made my morning.

Because anyone who works for a religious organization is a bad person, right? And they deserve to suffer?

So if some guy works as a groundskeeper for a church instead of, say, a multinational cooperation, he definitely does not deserve the same safety net for doing the same job for the same reasons and same amount of money, right? Because we wish to punish anyone who works for a religious organization. We're petty bastards like that.

Whatever, this is just the state being trying to save money. It's unfair and shouldn't happen, but states do this kind of thing all the time.

Pinko_Commie: Is it wrong that I find this hilarious?

If it is, then I don't want to be right

TANSTAAFL

That includes you, Mary Magdalene.

Mayah: So if some guy works as a groundskeeper for a church instead of, say, a multinational cooperation, he definitely does not deserve the same safety net for doing the same job for the same reasons and same amount of money, right?

I'm guessing that he wasn't forced to work there.
Your guesses may vary.

Ah, the 'double edge sword' strikes.

Ignorance of the law is now excuse.....

Not that I find this amusing in anyway it's just that now might be the time to re-think exempting churches from paying taxes and I can't think of a better argument then the one this article exposes....

Mayah: calculator13: That headline just made my morning.

Because anyone who works for a religious organization is a bad person, right? And they deserve to suffer?

So if some guy works as a groundskeeper for a church instead of, say, a multinational cooperation, he definitely does not deserve the same safety net for doing the same job for the same reasons and same amount of money, right? Because we wish to punish anyone who works for a religious organization. We're petty bastards like that.

Whatever, this is just the state being trying to save money. It's unfair and shouldn't happen, but states churches do this kind of thing all the time.

Fixed

I worked for a tax exempt non profit, and when I was let go I was able to collect unemployment just fine. Weird.

Good thing Bush isn't still president, he would have pushed through a federal overide of state unemployment laws to cover these folks faster than a rich man could get through the eye of a needle (or something like that)

I'm surprised at the hating on the affected people. No, they don't deserve the benefits but they also don't deserve your scorn and ridicule for serving an invisible man in the sky. Well maybe they do for that but not for losing their jobs and being unable to collect unemployment benefits.

Wow....the word "religious" is like blood in the water around here.

/Welcome to Fark

Mayah:
Whatever, this is just the state religious organization trying to save money. It's unfair and shouldn't happen, but states religious organizations do this kind of thing all the time.

That looks right now.

/My first FTFY!

No Mayah calm down there sonny....or girly... you got it a little bit wrong...
Because anyone who works for a religious organization is a bad person, right? And they deserve to suffer?

unemployment insurance does not work that way. It is an "insurance" that in this case was up to the church to decide if they wanted to pay the taxes/premium for it. they chose not to to save for that apple pie baking contest last june and now the workers can't claim the insurance.

edumecation is wonderful.

Smarshmallow: Big_Doofus: I've got news for you numbnuts. She did pay her taxes, it's the religious organization that didn't. That's how it works. The civilian employees (non ministerial) have to pay taxes at a regular rate, just like you and I. It is the organization that gets a pass on the unemployment taxes which is a bunch of crap. It is funny that these religious organizations make such a big deal out of helping others, but won't help their own people.

Jeez, you really trashed on that argument that nobody made.

Nobody?

Churchy people getting shafted because they were working for a bunch of assholes perpetrating one of the longest-running and most destructive scams in human history?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Time to masturbate.

Mayah: Because anyone who works for a religious organization is a bad person, right? And they deserve to suffer?

I think that perpetuating a myth in a false Godhead that has caused countless deaths, murders, torture, rape and untold human suffering for a millennium does count as kind of "bad".

But hey, that's just me - I'm sure they send lots of condoms bibles and money to people in Africa to make up for their untold crimes against humanity.

That makes it alllllll better.

Well maybe they should start paying taxes like the rest of us.

Awwwww... too soon.

Oh, if only there was someplace these poor, displaced people could go for charitable assistance in their hour of need....

Here's an idea: perhaps the church should pony up and take care of their own?...

Oh, wait, I forgot, it is the clergy that took the vow of poverty, not the church. Silly me.

/fark 'em.