Pastor Joel Osteen pays himself an annual salary of $54,000,000 from his church profits. He had a custom garage built with 20 car stalls for each of his custom vehicles. His favorite is a Ferrari 458 Italia that cost $270,000. He lives in a 70,000 sq ft mansion. In the New Testament, four different times Jesus tells his followers to always pay their taxes. Why is it in the United States that churches don’t have to pay taxes? The IRS figures if all churches paid their fair share of 15% taxes that it would total over $2 trillion a year. More than enough to solve the homelessness in this country, since it looks like these Pastors would rather spend your donations on New Cars instead of feeding the hungry.
@mikecleere “TAX them all and let God sort them out.”
@mikecleere Joel reportedly hasn’t taken a salary (then $200K) from the church since 2005. His book sales, radio show, and public speaking fees reportedly generate more than $70 million per year in total revenue.
@mikecleere John Densmore, still one of the best rock n roll drummers of the era.
@mikecleere Lakewood Church is in the old Summit building where the Rockets played basketball for years. Osteen now leases the building from the City of Houston for $1.00 per year.
@mikecleere @paulcshipley Here's another; having difficulty defending his 2nd jet 👇🤨