It’s wild that it took until 2026 to close a loophole that was basically subsidizing the Lost Cause narrative.
Modified3 on
Little late on this one fellas..
Romantic_Piscean on
I continue to believe that the major issue in American society today is that this country did not appropriately punish the Confederacy in 1865.
This_Guy-Fawkes on
They still get a 100% tax break on Jefferson Davis Dollars.
Tobias---Funke on
Wait, WHAT ?!!
Fly3rBoi on
Wow, I would never have thought that would be a thing.
Should go back retroactively and recover that money, taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for hate groups.
OhGodSoManyQuestions on
For modern white Americans, performing support for the Confederacy is a way of pledging loyalty to your race *over* your nation. That’s why it’s still a charged subject over a century and a half later.
jpurdy on
The tax exempt status of all the money laundering and propaganda mills funding the religious right and their political machines needs to be revoked, starting with the Heritage Foundation and Leonard Leo’s.
shantired on
Now do churches
Signal_Thought_9439 on
Wait, so a group whose main historical achievement was rewriting textbooks to create the “Lost Cause” myth and erecting statues for a failed rebellion has been dodging property taxes since the 1950s? The real shocker here isn’t that Virginia ended the exemption, but that it took 75 years and multiple vetoes just to make them pay regular taxes like the rest of us.
JiveChicken00 on
Treason must be made odious.
Upbeat-Cockroach-393 on
Yes and we’re stuck in a parallel antebellum period now. This is VA declaring their alignment before the great separation begins. Unfortunately, our red state Neo -Confederates are not going to fare well without being propped up by the blue states (who have pretty much had enough with these illiberal morons). Much really has not changed in 160 years.
Alarming-Series6627 on
I never thought I’d see this happen. Proud to be Virginian.
Flashy_Pirate3591 on
Lmao the confederacy hasn’t been around for over 150 years. It’s like collecting social security for someone who has been dead.
henryrblake on
So they’ve cut off tax breaks to the VA GOP? Cool, cool.
MidLifeCrysis75 on
Love it 👍
glimnerd on
Now do all the insurance companies and banks who insured the slavers “property” and make reparations. Dang it, no one even knows that those horrific corporations and families now run our health insurance and healthcare system.
Edit: those banks/insurance companies did compensate the plantation/slave owners ~the civil war btw fyi.
OpenImagination9 on
Treason should be punished.
Hand_On_Ur_Butt on
Ohhh ohhh, do the churches next!
SapoBelicoso on
Do churches next!
Sprintzer on
I know nothing about the governor but every few days I see some shit she passed into law and it’s always something good and actually progressive.
No one is doing it like they are in Virginia… I guess it helps to have a Dem majority across the board
Double_Cleff on
Why stop there?
Annual_Strategy_6206 on
What year is this? 2026? Ok.
ImaginationToForm2 on
Now I wonder how many states still do this.
Grins111 on
Too soon?
Sutar_Mekeg on
Jesus Fucking Christ, did the South actually lose?
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Been a while…
It’s wild that it took until 2026 to close a loophole that was basically subsidizing the Lost Cause narrative.
Little late on this one fellas..
I continue to believe that the major issue in American society today is that this country did not appropriately punish the Confederacy in 1865.
They still get a 100% tax break on Jefferson Davis Dollars.
Wait, WHAT ?!!
Wow, I would never have thought that would be a thing.
Should go back retroactively and recover that money, taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for hate groups.
For modern white Americans, performing support for the Confederacy is a way of pledging loyalty to your race *over* your nation. That’s why it’s still a charged subject over a century and a half later.
The tax exempt status of all the money laundering and propaganda mills funding the religious right and their political machines needs to be revoked, starting with the Heritage Foundation and Leonard Leo’s.
Now do churches
Wait, so a group whose main historical achievement was rewriting textbooks to create the “Lost Cause” myth and erecting statues for a failed rebellion has been dodging property taxes since the 1950s? The real shocker here isn’t that Virginia ended the exemption, but that it took 75 years and multiple vetoes just to make them pay regular taxes like the rest of us.
Treason must be made odious.
Yes and we’re stuck in a parallel antebellum period now. This is VA declaring their alignment before the great separation begins. Unfortunately, our red state Neo -Confederates are not going to fare well without being propped up by the blue states (who have pretty much had enough with these illiberal morons). Much really has not changed in 160 years.
I never thought I’d see this happen. Proud to be Virginian.
Lmao the confederacy hasn’t been around for over 150 years. It’s like collecting social security for someone who has been dead.
So they’ve cut off tax breaks to the VA GOP? Cool, cool.
Love it 👍
Now do all the insurance companies and banks who insured the slavers “property” and make reparations. Dang it, no one even knows that those horrific corporations and families now run our health insurance and healthcare system.
Edit: those banks/insurance companies did compensate the plantation/slave owners ~the civil war btw fyi.
Treason should be punished.
Ohhh ohhh, do the churches next!
Do churches next!
I know nothing about the governor but every few days I see some shit she passed into law and it’s always something good and actually progressive.
No one is doing it like they are in Virginia… I guess it helps to have a Dem majority across the board
Why stop there?
What year is this? 2026? Ok.
Now I wonder how many states still do this.
Too soon?
Jesus Fucking Christ, did the South actually lose?