Post by duets on Jan 30, 2010 22:57:48 GMT -5
I was just cruising the internet looking for flds owned companies.
Here are some links for anyone interested.
FLDS owned company was awarded $1.2 million in federal government contracts (includes Defense Dept)
www.democraticunderground.com/dis....ess=389x3162544
www.childbrides.org/abuses_VS_FLDS_low_ball_contract.html
The Fundamentalist LDS's United Effort Plan started out as a church cooperative that ran the businesses and properties belonging to the church. As originally set up, members' tithes went into the trust, and all members were its beneficiaries. Under Rulon Jeffs' careful management, the trust holdings eventually included grain farms, cattle ranches, aerospace companies with NASA contracts, and tin mines in Bolivia. These businesses provided jobs for the faithful, and money to expand the church
There is new evidence that the U.S. government helped fund the FLDS Church.
NBC News obtained documents that show the Pentagon awarded at least $1.5 million in contracts for aircraft parts and other equipment to two companies owned and operated by top FLDS Church officials.
A lot of the money went to a business owned by top church leader Wendell Nielsen. A 2005 affidavit from Nielsen's own son said Nielsen's company, Western Precision, sent as much as $100,000 a month to the sect.
www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3084399
Among the most successful enterprises held by members of the sect are at least three construction and contracting companies based in Hildale, Utah, home of apparent sect leader Warren Jeffs. The largest of these is JNJ Engineering Construction, owned by sect member Jacob Nathan Jessop, for whom the company is named.
www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr....truction-firms/
Latter-day Church of Christ (Kingston Clan)
The Kingston cooperative is formally led by Merlin Kingston, an
elderly patriarch, but Paul Ortell Kingston is believed to function as
the church’s spiritual and economic leader.
The cooperative owns more than 24 companies, but the holdings are difficult to trace. The group has amassed a $150-million business
empire, running companies in Utah Nevada and Idaho. The cooperative is
headquartered in South Salt Lake City, but has holdings in Nevada,
Idaho and Arizona and Mexico. It is considered the most affluent and
most secretive group. Authorities believe the group has an estimated
1,200 members, although some members say it has as many as 3000.
newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.politics/2008-04/msg02994.html
Here are some links for anyone interested.
FLDS owned company was awarded $1.2 million in federal government contracts (includes Defense Dept)
www.democraticunderground.com/dis....ess=389x3162544
www.childbrides.org/abuses_VS_FLDS_low_ball_contract.html
The Fundamentalist LDS's United Effort Plan started out as a church cooperative that ran the businesses and properties belonging to the church. As originally set up, members' tithes went into the trust, and all members were its beneficiaries. Under Rulon Jeffs' careful management, the trust holdings eventually included grain farms, cattle ranches, aerospace companies with NASA contracts, and tin mines in Bolivia. These businesses provided jobs for the faithful, and money to expand the church
There is new evidence that the U.S. government helped fund the FLDS Church.
NBC News obtained documents that show the Pentagon awarded at least $1.5 million in contracts for aircraft parts and other equipment to two companies owned and operated by top FLDS Church officials.
A lot of the money went to a business owned by top church leader Wendell Nielsen. A 2005 affidavit from Nielsen's own son said Nielsen's company, Western Precision, sent as much as $100,000 a month to the sect.
www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3084399
Among the most successful enterprises held by members of the sect are at least three construction and contracting companies based in Hildale, Utah, home of apparent sect leader Warren Jeffs. The largest of these is JNJ Engineering Construction, owned by sect member Jacob Nathan Jessop, for whom the company is named.
www.gosanangelo.com/news/2008/apr....truction-firms/
Latter-day Church of Christ (Kingston Clan)
The Kingston cooperative is formally led by Merlin Kingston, an
elderly patriarch, but Paul Ortell Kingston is believed to function as
the church’s spiritual and economic leader.
The cooperative owns more than 24 companies, but the holdings are difficult to trace. The group has amassed a $150-million business
empire, running companies in Utah Nevada and Idaho. The cooperative is
headquartered in South Salt Lake City, but has holdings in Nevada,
Idaho and Arizona and Mexico. It is considered the most affluent and
most secretive group. Authorities believe the group has an estimated
1,200 members, although some members say it has as many as 3000.
newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Alt/alt.politics/2008-04/msg02994.html
