perfidy

According to the New York Times, an officially secret agreement exists between the Scientologists and the IRS which allows members of the "Church" of Scientology-- and only that "church"-- to deduct the costs of educating children at "C"of S schools from their taxes. No other religious-schooling costs may be claimed on tax returns.

This fact only came to light when a Jewish couple claimed tax deductions for the education of their five children at Jewish schools, only to recieve a letter from the IRS denying their claim because their reciepts did not come from the Scientologists. Oops! Secret's out!

So far, both the IRS and the Creeps of Scientology have quashed subpoena requests to see this agreement, but it's only a matter of time. This is going to get weird, and after that it's going to get ugly.

Just how corrupt is our government, and just how sinister are the Scientologists?

(thanks to Marginal Revolution for the original pointer.)