The Soapbox

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Yes and no...

Yes on the political donations side...those funds flows are pretty easy to track.

It’s certainly much murkier on the “none of that money is used for abortions”. The Medicaid and Title x funding certainly covers a large chunk of the overhead/ infrastructure costs ( Dr and nurse salaries, equipment, utilities etc) of PP’s facilities...while PP isn’t billing the Feds directly for the cost of an abortion procedure, they would be unable to provide those procedures without the staff and infrastructure funded by the “non abortion” entitlement programs. The same Drs, nurses and hard assets are used for both.

In simpler terms, if you took away the funding PP receives for Medicaid and Title X, they would be out of the abortion business pretty quickly...

I’m pro choice, but we should at least be honest about public funding of abortions...

(In response to this post by hoojinks)

Posted: 10/11/2019 at 10:55AM

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So a tax-exempt organization receives $500mm in taxpayer money and then -- TpkeHoo 10/11/2019 09:17AM

Yeah. I would think both parties could be behind getting rid of this -- HoosQ 10/11/2019 10:04AM

That non-profit is keeping Lynchburg's economy afloat. ** -- hoothat 10/11/2019 12:44PM

Yep and it would be doing just fine after taxes as well. ** -- HoosQ 10/11/2019 12:53PM

What would? ** -- hoothat 10/11/2019 12:54PM

Liberty and Lynchburg for that matter. ** -- HoosQ 10/11/2019 12:55PM

You don't know that. ** -- hoothat 10/11/2019 12:58PM

Hell dude. Its a world built on quantum mechanics. What can we know? ** -- HoosQ 10/11/2019 12:59PM

So your above post was just BS you believe? We agree. ** -- hoothat 10/11/2019 1:02PM

Are you talking about Planned Parenthood? Their non-profit arm receives -- hoojinks 10/11/2019 09:59AM

I don't believe you. ** -- ryno hoo 10/11/2019 11:04AM

Yes and no... -- Moneyshot 10/11/2019 10:55AM

Money is fungible...GOVCO largesse frees up $$$ to allow giving to pro- -- Tuckahokie 10/11/2019 10:21AM

Huh? No. That 500 mil is for performed services. ** -- hoojinks 10/11/2019 10:40AM

Money is fungible, but restricted funding is not. -- 111Balz 10/11/2019 10:28AM

B-T-W...any non-profit that receives Taxpayer funds should not be able to -- Tuckahokie 10/11/2019 10:26AM

What about corporations that receive taxpayer money? Or are you going to -- hoojinks 10/11/2019 10:41AM

If your entity receives taxpayer money...no contributions to campaigns -- Tuckahokie 10/11/2019 10:47AM

How about government contractors? ** -- 111Balz 10/11/2019 12:56PM

Some have already backed off making contributions. Most haven't ** -- HoosQ 10/11/2019 12:58PM

I have no issues with that. ** -- hoojinks 10/11/2019 12:05PM

Well I wish we both lived in that part of your dream! ** -- HoosQ 10/11/2019 11:58AM

Wish and a prayer. Everybody is a "person" these days. ** -- HoosQ 10/11/2019 10:30AM

Link? Hard to evaluate without context ** -- Quaker 10/11/2019 09:50AM

It's a secret ** -- wahoo138 10/11/2019 09:52AM

A drop in the bucket compared to public sector unions... -- Moneyshot 10/11/2019 09:45AM

Link? ** -- HokieDan95 10/11/2019 09:43AM

Thank you. Maybe just a clue. A bead crumb ** -- wahoo138 10/11/2019 09:45AM

One of the many bad habits of the soap box ** -- HokieDan95 10/11/2019 09:48AM

Planned Parenthood perhaps? ** -- Tuckahokie 10/11/2019 09:46AM

Should we just keep guessing? Maybe one day he'll tell us who was right ** -- wahoo138 10/11/2019 09:57AM

Gotta keep greasing the palms if you want the handouts to continue. ** -- Hoodafan 10/11/2019 09:35AM

I'll keep repeating my stance, get all private money out of politics -- WahooMatt05 10/11/2019 09:26AM

This is a tax exempt entity that receives public money. -- TpkeHoo 10/11/2019 09:29AM

....to fund health care services provided ** -- 111Balz 10/11/2019 10:30AM

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Does NRA receive public funds? Are churches permitted to be political? ** -- TpkeHoo 10/11/2019 09:35AM

But the bigger issue is PACs imo. This should be totally transparent, and -- HoosWillWin 10/11/2019 09:40AM

Don't know the details. You mentioned tax exempt. I think they all -- HoosWillWin 10/11/2019 09:38AM

NRA is not for profit and they should get taxed IMO. -- HoosQ 10/11/2019 10:09AM

Agreed. ** -- HoosWillWin 10/11/2019 11:35AM

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