RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
December 9, 2014 at 10:00 pm
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2014 at 10:06 pm by Godscreated.)
(December 9, 2014 at 5:27 pm)abaris Wrote:(December 9, 2014 at 5:23 pm)Godschild Wrote: You guy's ready to foot the bill or will you make excuses to get around what the church does, by the way it will take an army of paid workers being paid a salary, plus travel and room and board, paper work out the rear.
Abso-fucking-lutely. If it prevents lobbying for anti gay legislation in Africa and the damnation of using condomns or birth control, there's a cause worth paying for.
I'd rather have my taxes going to the poor and needy than to some other obscure government projects.
You really think the government would cut other projects, they would up the taxes of the little man to pay for those things. Besides the money I give to the church has already been taxed.
GC
(December 9, 2014 at 5:28 pm)dyresand Wrote:(December 9, 2014 at 5:23 pm)Godschild Wrote: Let's tax all the churches, that would include everyone, every kind, no exemptions for any religion. But then the government should make up all the monetary help the religions do in this country and abroad, the Christian church spends billions every year to help others, there is no telling how much the other religions spend. You guy's ready to foot the bill or will you make excuses to get around what the church does, by the way it will take an army of paid workers being paid a salary, plus travel and room and board, paper work out the rear. Just think about this the US government says it can't afford enough meat inspectors to keep our meat supply safer.
GC
all i really want to say tax churches i mean we could use the extra money to help schooling etc our military and in general just the people and try to work on not borrowing so much money and try fix our debt.
So you're saying to forget the needy, I'm not surprised.
GC
(December 9, 2014 at 5:33 pm)Beccs Wrote:(December 9, 2014 at 5:27 pm)abaris Wrote: Abso-fucking-lutely. If it prevents lobbying for anti gay legislation in Africa and the damnation of using condomns or birth control, there's a cause worth paying for.
I'd rather have my taxes going to the poor and needy than to some other obscure government projects.
^^^^^This^^^^^
Especially since many of these "services" provided by some churches require a prayer or a bible reading before any help is given. Conditional charity is not charity.
This is implication without proof, car to supply some actual proof. You ask it of me, have you set a double standard.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.