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The preachers getting rich from poor Americans - [bbc.co.uk]

Televangelist Todd Coontz has a well-worn routine: he dresses in a suit, pulls out a Bible and urges viewers to pledge a very specific amount of money. "Don't delay, don't delay," he urges, calmly but emphatically.

It sounds simple, absurdly so, but Coontz knows his audience extremely well. He broadcasts on Christian cable channels, often late into the night, drawing in viewers who lack financial literacy and are desperate for change.

Jnei 8 May 29
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...the UN could get involve ;suit jacket=
Cate blanc to rape & pillage/I wonder about the lucrative money laundering involved,
as a breif case can only hold so much holy
glut.

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Like all the best con artists - he has refined his con to an art form

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Maybe they wouldn't be quite so poor if they kept their money!

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In the US, the tax-exempt status of churches provides a sort of government-endorsed legitimacy and since no one forces you to attend church or tithe, it's all voluntary, they get away with it. I find it disgusting.

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Some things never change…

Varn Level 8 May 29, 2019
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Shocking that this exploitation of vulnerable people is not illegal in the USA....these tele-evangelists are cynical conmen.

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