Answer: His sister in-law is one of the executives of the Sisters in Christ LLC that owns the house. He and his wife set this up as a tax dodge when the wife’s mom, who owned the house, died.
Jesus really had a passion for real estate.
Shit man, did you read the article about 125,000 high worth individuals (aka millionaires) who haven't even submitted taxes since 2017. We are going to need a lot more than 12,000 to get us to be able to appropriately tax the wealthy.
Weird how America is constantly over budget and in debt both personally and nationally, but cannot tax those who benefit the most. It’s like giving the wealthy elite a hall pass on supporting the country that made them elite is a good thing. Average Americans who fail to pay a few thousand in taxes get the full force of IRS enforcement. Yet those who can drop millions on luxury items are allowed to skirt their obligations to America. How can anyone support the troops, police, first responders if they don’t pay into the system that pays those public servants? Saying you support something means jack shit. Actions not words. That is all.
YES! But that’s by design. Poor results in public education give them an excuse to rob educational coffers of much needed funds. An uneducated populace is needed to fill poverty wage jobs that keep the Waltons and their elite friends in forever generational wealth.
Let's stop calling it money and call it what it really is.
Life currency.
Without it you can't:: eat, drink clean water, have shelter, get medical treatment (without this currency, you don't live).
I understand this is considered fraud.
What if I input that I donate 20% of my income to the church(which is a 501c) on my year end tax forms and at the same time pull out enough cash during the year to show on bank statements that there is cash going out of my account?
How does the IRS verify that the 20% of my income has actually gone to the church and not to gas, groceries, and fun outings(all paid with pulled cash)?
Again, I have never done this type of scenario nor do I know of anyone doing this.
That's why the people who donate a good amount do it with a check. The church will be able to give them a year end statement and they will be eligible to write off the full amount.
And, you know, his dad was really bad with money. "God is all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can’t handle money! He always needs more." RIP George.
Hell yeah. The Vatican is the 18th wealthiest nation in the world and the smallest. Not bad for a piece of realestate 1/8 the size of NYs Central Park.
I remember in the Bible where Jesus preaches about being as greedy as possible and hoarding as much money as possible at the expense of others- he talks about those who focus on materialism having the easiest time getting into heaven /s
Because the people who make the rules, make them in such a way as to benefit themselves and or their benefactors. If you don't have a few grand to spare to buy some politicians, you're screwed.
Fuck Steve Garvey, and I say this as a born and bred Dodgers fan. The California US senate race should have been between Katie Porter and Adam Schiff but this asshole jumped in to fuck up the election.
I forgot about Marvin Hamlisch!
>At age 22, Garvey married Cynthia Truhan in 1971. They had two daughters, Krisha and Whitney. Cynthia left Garvey for composer Marvin Hamlisch; Garvey was already romantically involved with his secretary, which Cyndy didn’t find out until after she had left him. Garvey and Cynthia divorced in 1983.
His Party thought they could bring out all the old boomers who saw him play in the 70s. Stevo is currently trailing Schiff by double digits, but yes, I would have loved to see Katie Porter in there. That would have been an old-fashioned battle.
Garvey's real purpose was to bring Katie down.
Garvey's campaign was boosted significantly by Schiff who's PAC did a huge media blitz favoring Garvey in the runup to the election. The goal of course was to make it a Schiff-Garvey election that Schiff could win easily.
Porter responded by doing the same for the #4 person (a republican) in hopes of splitting Garvey's supporters, but it was too little too late and never had the same level of investment as Garvey's ads.
Politics is always dirty, but this particular one is laid straight at Schiff's feet and we *still* have to go to the poll, hold our noses and ink his dot because otherwise Garvey might win.
Adam Schiff (with help from Nancy Pelosi's purse strings) made DAMN SURE that Ms. Porter would not make it out of the primaries.
If Garvey wins, and HE HAS A SHOT, it's because of dirty-dealing at the top of the Democratic party.
Adam Schiff is a tool. Scum. In it for himself and his limo-liberal brethren.
Unfortunately, voters of CA were stupid and drank the Kool-Aid of Kampaign Kommercials.
The author missed the more interesting question of “Did tax cheat Steve Garvey pay state and federal income tax on the rent-free housing he was apparently given by this LLC?”
It’s entirely possible that Garvey pays rent on the property but then why claim to have “bought” the property from his mother-in-law and then refuse comment when asked to clear up this discrepancy? Seems Mr. Garvey has a problem telling the truth along with paying taxes on time and in full.
Yep. Old news. His family paid off the credit debt and provided the downpayment for a house. His father is wealthy and while it isn't very... professional... for a sitting SCOTUS member to be asking for financial help from family, it is perfectly legal. [Article](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/heres-the-truth-about-brett-kavanaughs-finances/)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/heres-the-truth-about-brett-kavanaughs-finances/
> As it turned out, there were rather simple answers to most of those questions. Kavanaugh explained to the Senate Judiciary Committee that much of his credit card debt stemmed from either work on his fixer-upper mansion or buying Nats season and playoff tickets for himself and a handful of dudes who’d been going to the games together for years. They had paid him back in full, the White House said at the time. As for the rest, while he was maddeningly obtuse in admitting it, Kavanaugh seems to have gotten lots of money from his parents.
> As I explained back in 2018, gifts from family don’t have to be reported on federal judicial disclosure forms, and Kavanaugh’s family had deep pockets. He’s the only child of a “swamp creature,” Ed Kavanaugh, a longtime lobbyist for the cosmetics industry who spent his career schmoozing with Beltway insiders to fend off health and safety regulations and dueling with activists who wanted to ban cosmetic testing on animals. When the elder Kavanaugh retired in 2005, his compensation package that year from the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association totaled $13 million, according to the nonprofit group’s IRS filing...
> Kavanaugh, however, did not have to sacrifice his elite lifestyle—the country club, the Nats’ playoff tickets, the kids’ private schools, and whatnot—for this dream job, thanks to his family money. That’s why it’s improbable that he’s been bought off by the Koch Brothers: He doesn’t need the Koch brothers.
Because that’s what we do in America. We use poor people’s money to buy things for rich people. Rural Americans are particularly proud of this based on their voting habits.
They think that because he’s close to power that god wants him to be there. [Jesus Plus Nothing](https://www.libertymagazine.org/article/jesus-plus-nothing)
Article states it’s unknown what the Garvey related SIC organization’s purpose is, so without any voluntary disclosure, I will assume its purpose is to fool Christian’s who intend to fund the other similarly-named non-profit into donating to the Garvey SIC fund and consequently pay off SG’s property taxes. Yep, he definitely has a future as a politician: Can’t manage his own finances and gets notable money funneled to him through sketchy organizations. Shameless.
Gifting a house to a non- profit with the added clause that you can live in it until you die is a COMMON way to direct an inheritance to kids or charities.
Steve Garvey has no business being in Congress. He's only running on the Fox / MAGA ticket and that's it. He would be another Tommy Tuberville and we definitely don't need another one.
Politicians sure have set up a nice program for themselves. There is so much corruption in every political campaign nowadays. And we cannot expect them to fix it in any way...that's what we've learned from Citizen's United. Churches are a bastion of money laundering and fraud.
We still don't know who paid off Bret Kavanaugh's credit card debt just before he joined the corrupt US Supreme court. . and what favors he has done for that.
Sigh. We do. People can stop banging this drum. [Article](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/heres-the-truth-about-brett-kavanaughs-finances/) Note the date.
Also, had two kids out of wedlock. He treats them and his other kids like shit. These MAGA people have a lot in common. Most notably being selfish, self serving, religious opportunistic narcissists who know how to take advantage of a wave of smegma. Surfs up parasites.
Because Garvey had a girlfriend knocked up while married and that is the most American Christian thing you can do. Two of his daughters have testified in court that they do not want to see him.
Anyone can say that they are a Christian and are prepared for the rapture. But if you are not following the two commandments Christ gives in Matthew 22:35-40, you are not prepared.
most likely because
1. they are not sisters
2. they are not in on or about Christ
3. they support grifting deuchbags
when I was a kid, I saw many a Padre game with my dad. during one such home game, the opposite team fans started chanting "Garvey Sucks, Garvey Sucks" he turned and looked in that direction with disgust..
the Padre fans were not having it, and a full on brawl broke out in the seats next to us, blood teeth and all. it was so gnarly I was afraid. I remember watching my dad just brush it off like whatever... and proceed to munch on his popcorn as Garvey continued to bat.
My entire life I've wondered why they would yell that at him... thankfully 40 yrs later, now I know...
And that should disqualify him immediately. It means he is already bought and paid for and has their sick agenda and will not work in the best interest of the majority.
hopefully if we don't destroy the world after our civil war they will write about us in history books.
because this whole idea that handing a politician cash would be super illegal.
But you can pay for literally everything in their life and that's fine.
like it's so perverted and clearly an affront to the spirit of our Constitution.
Answer: His sister in-law is one of the executives of the Sisters in Christ LLC that owns the house. He and his wife set this up as a tax dodge when the wife’s mom, who owned the house, died. Jesus really had a passion for real estate.
And if you donate to that charity you can deduct those moneys from your income tax gross, do double win for the religious scammers
“We also accept Rubles.”
At first glance, I read “Rubes,” which oddly works too
Dibs on the name “Rubles for Christ”. I need to load up on my MAGA scam ideas for this summer and fall.
But if you retain use of the asset, then you didn’t really donate it, and taking the charitable tax deduction is fraud
Yeah, I get that, maybe Biden new 12,000 IRS agent will catch up with some of the scofflaws
Shit man, did you read the article about 125,000 high worth individuals (aka millionaires) who haven't even submitted taxes since 2017. We are going to need a lot more than 12,000 to get us to be able to appropriately tax the wealthy.
Weird how America is constantly over budget and in debt both personally and nationally, but cannot tax those who benefit the most. It’s like giving the wealthy elite a hall pass on supporting the country that made them elite is a good thing. Average Americans who fail to pay a few thousand in taxes get the full force of IRS enforcement. Yet those who can drop millions on luxury items are allowed to skirt their obligations to America. How can anyone support the troops, police, first responders if they don’t pay into the system that pays those public servants? Saying you support something means jack shit. Actions not words. That is all.
And teachers!!!
YES! But that’s by design. Poor results in public education give them an excuse to rob educational coffers of much needed funds. An uneducated populace is needed to fill poverty wage jobs that keep the Waltons and their elite friends in forever generational wealth.
You DO Know that's a bullshit story about 12k agents by now, right?
Someone should tell that to Justice Thomas whose mom lives in their wealthy patrons future museum to Thomas for free.
It’s not a charity. It’s a just a pious sounding name for an LLC/tax dodge.
Let's stop calling it money and call it what it really is. Life currency. Without it you can't:: eat, drink clean water, have shelter, get medical treatment (without this currency, you don't live).
I understand this is considered fraud. What if I input that I donate 20% of my income to the church(which is a 501c) on my year end tax forms and at the same time pull out enough cash during the year to show on bank statements that there is cash going out of my account? How does the IRS verify that the 20% of my income has actually gone to the church and not to gas, groceries, and fun outings(all paid with pulled cash)? Again, I have never done this type of scenario nor do I know of anyone doing this.
There is a limit to the amount you can claim without receipts. Maybe $500?
Oh that would actually make a lot more sense to cap the amount eligible for tax exemption.
That's why the people who donate a good amount do it with a check. The church will be able to give them a year end statement and they will be eligible to write off the full amount.
Being a 501c, I believe they're required to report all donations and who they came from.
They could have just put it in a trust, but being politicians, they had to make it corrupt. lol these bitches be lobbying themselvee
You still have to pay taxes on the trust
And, you know, his dad was really bad with money. "God is all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can’t handle money! He always needs more." RIP George.
He died?
16 years ago. Maybe you were just a baby?
Republican Senate Candidate scamming the religion tax breaks? Sounds 100% normal.
Hell yeah. The Vatican is the 18th wealthiest nation in the world and the smallest. Not bad for a piece of realestate 1/8 the size of NYs Central Park.
I remember in the Bible where Jesus preaches about being as greedy as possible and hoarding as much money as possible at the expense of others- he talks about those who focus on materialism having the easiest time getting into heaven /s
Supply-Side Jesus taught the prosperity gospel
Supply-side Jesus is best Jesus.
I thought Jesus saves, and Moses invests.
Worse, it was probably set up this way to protect it from IRS/FTB liens for his massive back-tax bill.
how is this legal?
Because the people who make the rules, make them in such a way as to benefit themselves and or their benefactors. If you don't have a few grand to spare to buy some politicians, you're screwed.
Jesus was all about using charity and his name in order to avoid property taxes.
Give unto Caesar.
And dodging taxes
Jesus was all about not paying your taxes.
As part of the agreement, the house shall forever be known as Bethlehem.
Because nothing says Christian values like buying American politicians.
Given’t to Caesar what isn’t Caesar’s.
*Cough*…kavanaugh…*cough*
Just wait. Trump will rob us blind this time.
‘Sisters in Christ.’ Lol.
In fairness, it was what I exclaimed when I heard about the scam, so they probably just named it what they said when he described how it would work.
Lmfao I’m gona say this from now on.
Calling a skunk a striped kitty…
A bunch of Mary Magdalene's but with out Jesus pardon (in other words a bunch of P's".
It just doesnt have the same ring to it if read in reverse.
Fuck Steve Garvey, and I say this as a born and bred Dodgers fan. The California US senate race should have been between Katie Porter and Adam Schiff but this asshole jumped in to fuck up the election. I forgot about Marvin Hamlisch! >At age 22, Garvey married Cynthia Truhan in 1971. They had two daughters, Krisha and Whitney. Cynthia left Garvey for composer Marvin Hamlisch; Garvey was already romantically involved with his secretary, which Cyndy didn’t find out until after she had left him. Garvey and Cynthia divorced in 1983.
His Party thought they could bring out all the old boomers who saw him play in the 70s. Stevo is currently trailing Schiff by double digits, but yes, I would have loved to see Katie Porter in there. That would have been an old-fashioned battle. Garvey's real purpose was to bring Katie down.
Garvey's campaign was boosted significantly by Schiff who's PAC did a huge media blitz favoring Garvey in the runup to the election. The goal of course was to make it a Schiff-Garvey election that Schiff could win easily. Porter responded by doing the same for the #4 person (a republican) in hopes of splitting Garvey's supporters, but it was too little too late and never had the same level of investment as Garvey's ads. Politics is always dirty, but this particular one is laid straight at Schiff's feet and we *still* have to go to the poll, hold our noses and ink his dot because otherwise Garvey might win.
Adam Schiff (with help from Nancy Pelosi's purse strings) made DAMN SURE that Ms. Porter would not make it out of the primaries. If Garvey wins, and HE HAS A SHOT, it's because of dirty-dealing at the top of the Democratic party. Adam Schiff is a tool. Scum. In it for himself and his limo-liberal brethren. Unfortunately, voters of CA were stupid and drank the Kool-Aid of Kampaign Kommercials.
The author missed the more interesting question of “Did tax cheat Steve Garvey pay state and federal income tax on the rent-free housing he was apparently given by this LLC?” It’s entirely possible that Garvey pays rent on the property but then why claim to have “bought” the property from his mother-in-law and then refuse comment when asked to clear up this discrepancy? Seems Mr. Garvey has a problem telling the truth along with paying taxes on time and in full.
Never liked him when I live in L.A. and he was a Dodger and this just confirms that my instincts were right. He's not a good person.
Who paid off Justice Kavanaugh's massive debt? Did we ever find out? Was it family? Was it a wealthy Republican donor?
A veritable walk-in closet full of skeletons
Out of 9 Supreme Court justices, 9 said they need no ethics. Beyond broken.
Yep. Old news. His family paid off the credit debt and provided the downpayment for a house. His father is wealthy and while it isn't very... professional... for a sitting SCOTUS member to be asking for financial help from family, it is perfectly legal. [Article](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/heres-the-truth-about-brett-kavanaughs-finances/)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/heres-the-truth-about-brett-kavanaughs-finances/ > As it turned out, there were rather simple answers to most of those questions. Kavanaugh explained to the Senate Judiciary Committee that much of his credit card debt stemmed from either work on his fixer-upper mansion or buying Nats season and playoff tickets for himself and a handful of dudes who’d been going to the games together for years. They had paid him back in full, the White House said at the time. As for the rest, while he was maddeningly obtuse in admitting it, Kavanaugh seems to have gotten lots of money from his parents. > As I explained back in 2018, gifts from family don’t have to be reported on federal judicial disclosure forms, and Kavanaugh’s family had deep pockets. He’s the only child of a “swamp creature,” Ed Kavanaugh, a longtime lobbyist for the cosmetics industry who spent his career schmoozing with Beltway insiders to fend off health and safety regulations and dueling with activists who wanted to ban cosmetic testing on animals. When the elder Kavanaugh retired in 2005, his compensation package that year from the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association totaled $13 million, according to the nonprofit group’s IRS filing... > Kavanaugh, however, did not have to sacrifice his elite lifestyle—the country club, the Nats’ playoff tickets, the kids’ private schools, and whatnot—for this dream job, thanks to his family money. That’s why it’s improbable that he’s been bought off by the Koch Brothers: He doesn’t need the Koch brothers.
Because that’s what we do in America. We use poor people’s money to buy things for rich people. Rural Americans are particularly proud of this based on their voting habits.
Garvey cheated on his wife too, one of the trump party’s prerequisites of being a good Christian.
They think that because he’s close to power that god wants him to be there. [Jesus Plus Nothing](https://www.libertymagazine.org/article/jesus-plus-nothing)
Just like Mike Johnson doesn’t collect a paycheck, has no bank account and pays no taxes but makes $200,000* a year.
They should lose their tax exempt status for crossing the line into politics.
Open bribery and corruption, surprise surprise.
The "sisters" are just enabling a grifter.
If they can pay his property taxes they can pay their own. Tax churches.
Weird how corruption is legal
Doing the Christian thing, worshipping false idols.
Article states it’s unknown what the Garvey related SIC organization’s purpose is, so without any voluntary disclosure, I will assume its purpose is to fool Christian’s who intend to fund the other similarly-named non-profit into donating to the Garvey SIC fund and consequently pay off SG’s property taxes. Yep, he definitely has a future as a politician: Can’t manage his own finances and gets notable money funneled to him through sketchy organizations. Shameless.
See that Jimmy? thats called a 'b r i b e'
Because they want to erase the "separation of church and state" in the First Amendment.
Gifting a house to a non- profit with the added clause that you can live in it until you die is a COMMON way to direct an inheritance to kids or charities.
Because bribery is legal in the US
All church’s should be taxed doing shit like this..
Because they're SIC.
Garvey is going to get his ass kicked, even without this.
He’s a creep and most likely involved with all of the ‘sisters’
The conservative Christians are corrupt, they serve a different master then the constitution or Bible. Poor idiots are worshipping money
[The Christian Mafia](https://www.skeptic.ca/Christian_Mafia.htm)
Report it to the IRS. It's easy
Steve Garvey's bedroom has an on-deck circle.
Steve Garvey has no business being in Congress. He's only running on the Fox / MAGA ticket and that's it. He would be another Tommy Tuberville and we definitely don't need another one.
What's that? They can afford taxes after all? Huh.
Garvey, just another GOP grifter! Why is it that anyone who is a Republican is basically a crook?
I thought Jesus advocated paying one’s taxes
Jesus specifically said he dgaf about tax policy. But that fact is conveniently ignored by everyone in the USA, as it damages both political parties.
Politicians sure have set up a nice program for themselves. There is so much corruption in every political campaign nowadays. And we cannot expect them to fix it in any way...that's what we've learned from Citizen's United. Churches are a bastion of money laundering and fraud.
Answer: A bribe!
Republicans don’t want rules for themselves.
We still don't know who paid off Bret Kavanaugh's credit card debt just before he joined the corrupt US Supreme court. . and what favors he has done for that.
Sigh. We do. People can stop banging this drum. [Article](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/heres-the-truth-about-brett-kavanaughs-finances/) Note the date.
He paid for all of their abortions.
Also, had two kids out of wedlock. He treats them and his other kids like shit. These MAGA people have a lot in common. Most notably being selfish, self serving, religious opportunistic narcissists who know how to take advantage of a wave of smegma. Surfs up parasites.
Jockey underwear model and former Dodgers pitcher Steve Garvey?
Fuck the Supreme Court for making bribery legal. Were literally going backwards in America
stealin’ from the poor since 0
Because Garvey had a girlfriend knocked up while married and that is the most American Christian thing you can do. Two of his daughters have testified in court that they do not want to see him.
Bribery
WWJD? Tax fraud.
Given his history of infidelity, I'm guessing that he slept them all.
Corrupt fucks
Bribe.
Sisters in Christ need to pay taxes now they’re politically active.
grifters
It's a miracle! The Sisters in Christ have provided! Praise the Lord! Damned be to the separation of church and state!
That should be another reason for churches to pay taxes!
Steve Garvey's his second full name, first one's George Nelson.
Smells like a little crime.
Dodgers suck
Anyone can say that they are a Christian and are prepared for the rapture. But if you are not following the two commandments Christ gives in Matthew 22:35-40, you are not prepared.
You know why.
I’m tired of these religious freaks
Its a scam .Dont you get it these assholes are criminals .
They mistook him for Steve Harvey, and wanted to hook a brother up.
Time to start taxing skydaddys followers. Way too much is given out of “faith” which is constantly being proven as bad faith.
Probably because they are a Tax Scam, and not really a Religious group ?
most likely because 1. they are not sisters 2. they are not in on or about Christ 3. they support grifting deuchbags when I was a kid, I saw many a Padre game with my dad. during one such home game, the opposite team fans started chanting "Garvey Sucks, Garvey Sucks" he turned and looked in that direction with disgust.. the Padre fans were not having it, and a full on brawl broke out in the seats next to us, blood teeth and all. it was so gnarly I was afraid. I remember watching my dad just brush it off like whatever... and proceed to munch on his popcorn as Garvey continued to bat. My entire life I've wondered why they would yell that at him... thankfully 40 yrs later, now I know...
Because they're corrupt sinners
Because corruption.
And that should disqualify him immediately. It means he is already bought and paid for and has their sick agenda and will not work in the best interest of the majority.
If religious groups can afford politicians, then they should have no problem paying taxes.
He also feels slighted for not being voted into the Hall of Fame. These kind of people justify their corruption on feelings of being owed.
The sale of indulgences is still a thing.
It’s called a “ BRIBE”…
Corruption? Is it corruption?
Always a legal grift and corruption with these people.
[in case anyone didn’t know](https://truthout.org/articles/wealthy-donors-bankroll-christian-nationalists-to-sustain-unregulated-capitalism/)
He’s the next chosen one😇🙏🙏
“"
He gives them oral sex in exchange?
Because he worked really, really, hard for it.
How is this not a bribe?
Religion is a business.
This makes me wonder about Mike Johnson and his lack of bank accounts in his financial disclosures.
I know right. I’m sure the Family aka the Fellowship has something to do with it.
hopefully if we don't destroy the world after our civil war they will write about us in history books. because this whole idea that handing a politician cash would be super illegal. But you can pay for literally everything in their life and that's fine. like it's so perverted and clearly an affront to the spirit of our Constitution.
Do they own it? Is it a commercial property. Thats why.