Good keep your back to the wall Norm. It's not the petty cash xmas fund I was asking about. Freemasonry is word wide, owning institutions and of course the Temples, the question is for the benefit of non masons. Does the cult pay rates and taxes and does each lodge have a ABN number or do we as people support the shenanigans. O and the goat bit for L.in D. you can't know your nick name. (Goat Riders) yes I know it's crude. But if you mess with the symbols and set up the lay out of Washington with the never ending five point star, pentagon centers and all that good stuff what do you expect.
As freemasonry is not a cult I am not sure whether cults pay taxes. I do know that freemasonry, being a fraternity run for charitable purposes which is not-for-profit, is tax exempt. Much like the Elk's Club, the Rotary, or your local college sorority. Perhaps you do not like to support charity work, but most people do.
And you have way to many delusions about how much money freemasonry has. My entire lodge's budget for the year is about $5,000. We have $15,000 in non-building assets, and the lodge itself is worth about $130,000.00. Many lodges don't even own their own buildings, and I've seen lodge budgets for less than $1,000 a year before.
As for your obsession compulsive disorder with goats - hey man, whatever gets your juices flowing. I think its a bit disgusting and frankly as a animal rights person it harms the animal, but as long as you keep it to just your personal fantasies whatever works for you. Just stop fantasizing about it on this board.
Finally, Masons did not "set up" anything in Washington. The supposed "5 pointed star" is missing an entire leg when you look at the actual map, and nothing else exists that suggests masonic influence. What you have is a whole bunch of streets converging at angles in a very developed city, so you can make up lots of random symbols if you want to. They don't really exist.
