(December 9, 2014 at 9:27 pm)Heywood Wrote:(December 9, 2014 at 9:14 pm)Pablo Wrote: NO! They should not have any special privileges.
Ultimately taxes are paid by people. A building or land doesn't pay taxes....people do. By taxing churches you are adding an additional tax burden onto people for exercising religion. The first amendments forbids congress from establishing laws that unnecessarily burden people in the exercise of religion.
If you don't think this is fair, start pushing to repeal or change the First Amendment.
But really, all you need to do is re-structure the way people pay taxes in this country. A straight consumption tax would do it.
How do you come up with that?
Why can't a church pay taxes on what it takes in like any other business?
Why not restructure how the church uses the money rather than changing the laws?
Religion is a fairytale.
