creationists...right.
Greed, for want of a better word, is good.
If true it’s disappointing. We visited the Creation Museum five years ago and loved it. We also have plenty of AiG books and dvds. I respect Ken Hamm, but this is not being as “innocent as a dove”.
“It’s not a church; it’s a money-making tourist attraction.”
It may be neither a church nor a money making attraction.
Sounds like the bureaucrats got greedy and wanted a larger share of the pie... are the entitled to it? Sounds like the folks at Ark Encounter disagree and are taking steps to combat the governments money grab. The local government is already getting plenty of increased revenue through tourism-related windfalls.
Say, who's that man who just came in and is flipping over tables?
That sort of fraud doesn’t hold up with private automobile sales transactions in Virginia. The state will bill you a tax assessment based at least on fair-market value regardless of what the bill of sale says.
But the city offer all services long before they instituted a fee, that basically targeted only one business.
And there is no need to toss in “anti-gay” as an epithet toward the group.
Sometimes these disputes do have two sides.
The local politicians get greedy for more tax revenue, and decide to levy a special tax on the business.
Business fights back by declaring it is now an exempt business, and pulls a slick accounting maneuver. Some may deem this unethical and unChristian, but it may well be perfectly legal. Would this article have been written if this were a live reenactment of prebrimstone Sodom?
Greedy politicians have less revenue than they started with.
Ken Ham!!! Have you hired Kent Hovind as your tax advisor???
Typical of this incentive deals. The locals didn’t do such a good in striking the deal now they want to whine. The guy writing this is gleeful but it’s the wrong take for FR. Politicians should treat everyone equally including businesses.
This is clearly a biased piece with a writer who has it in for them. Anti gay creationist buddies?
Yeah objective and unbiased and fair, sure.
It also sounds like the city decided to add on a tax to each ticket after the deals were done but the writer glosses over that fact too. What else did the city alter afterwards?
Can you say "Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act," boys and girls?
I knew you could!
I wish they would not do this. It reflects badly on Christendom.
Australia breeds the best con men.
“...welcome to how Creationists think.”
Welcome to [how journalists explain] how creationists think.
Do the 1.4 million visitors per year purchase gasoline in the town? Do they stop at a local restaurant and get something to eat? Do they stay at the hotels or motels in the area? Do they see and go to other things nearby?
So, the only organization that brings 1.4 million visitors - cash spending visitors - to the area must now start paying a tax designed to apply to that business only.
Greed indeed!
As biased as this comes across, I would like to see some independent verification from different sources.
The attraction should be allowed to buy insurance, which would reimburse the city for any costs incurred by sending police, firemen, or other emergency responders. This way, professional actuaries would be doing the calculating.
It’s a tourist attraction and according to Kentucky law it deserved the tax break. Why don’t you whiners get this upset with Planned Parenthood?
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