Tribune columnist Gordon Monson writes about what the LDS Church could buy with its vast wealth in the wake of its purchase of the Kirtland Tem;ple and Nauvoo historic sites.
Gordon Monson: What else the LDS Church could buy — a naval fleet, skyscrapers, the Jazz, the Beatles
Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City is pictured in December 2023. Tribune columnist Gordon Monson explores what the Utah-based church could buy with its riches.That got me to thinking: What else could the Utah-based church buy if it so desired? We’re briefly blowing past noble stuff here — stuff like eradicating world hunger, housing the homeless, clothing the naked, providing for the poor — and jumping straight to the preposterous.
It could buy, for instance, nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. The most expensive ship currently in the nation’s fleet is the USS, which was put together for a mere $13 billion. Other aircraft carriers have been built for $7 billion to $9 billion. The church could assemble its own navy.
OK, laugh a little here. None of this would happen. That’s not the point. The point is, it could happen. Financially, at least. It really is hard for you and me, for regular folks, to imagine how much wealth the church has accumulated, the towering height of the stack of its assets, the financial firepower of the religion.It has been debated what the church should do with its vast resources, what the purpose is for that accumulation.
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