Correct. The hierarchy and their minions initially viewed Obamacare as an opportunity to shift the operating costs of Catholic hospitals onto American taxpayers, and imagined they could pick and choose the services these hospitals provided by invoking the religious exemption. Our bishop was quoted in the local paper as supporting Obamacare, provided abortion and contraception were excluded.
I am a Roman Catholic in good standing with the Church; at this point it is a place I receive sacraments and little else. I certainly have little to help subsidize them.
Same here. My charitable support budget will now be forcibly diverted to the IRS coffers, in tribute to Obamacare, and unlike the US government, I'm forced to accept the reality of mathematical limits.
Can't get blood out of a stone.
“My charitable support budget will now be forcibly diverted to the IRS coffers, in tribute to Obamacare, and unlike the US government, I’m forced to accept the reality of mathematical limits.”
Since I live paycheck to paycheck supporting my family, and I’ve had to buy groceries with a credit card at times, I’ve rationalized my lack of financial support by looking at my involuntary IRS contributions as being key to feeding the poor (and my taxes far exceed 10% of my income). I used to give my children each a few dollars to put in the collection basket to instill a sense of shared responsibility for the parish; I’m done with that now. The American Church will reap what it has sown.