RE: Yearly cost of religious tax exemptions
August 30, 2012 at 9:45 pm
(This post was last modified: August 30, 2012 at 9:48 pm by Napoléon.)
(August 30, 2012 at 9:43 pm)Justtristo Wrote: A lot of churches (once they have the financial resources to do) at least in Australia provide charity, generally through their charity organisations. The Anglicans, Baptists, Salvation Army, Roman Catholic Church, along with many others have extensive social welfare organisations.
But as Creed just pointed out, how much time and money are they actually wasting before they get to the actual helping and doing something worthwhile.
The answer you're looking for, is a lot.
Last I checked you don't need stained glass windows, a pulpit and big fuck off buildings to provide social welfare.