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.
Like all the best con artists - he has refined his con to an art form
Maybe they wouldn't be quite so poor if they kept their money!
Shocking that this exploitation of vulnerable people is not illegal in the USA....these tele-evangelists are cynical conmen.