RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
December 13, 2014 at 2:59 pm
(This post was last modified: December 13, 2014 at 3:03 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(December 13, 2014 at 12:53 pm)Heywood Wrote:(December 13, 2014 at 11:51 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: [Citation needed]
You keep asking for citations for conclusions of arguments made. Citations are for facts supporting an argument....not conclusions of said argument.
When your argument is unsupported, you need to support it ... y'know, with facts.
In the case above, you claimed that taxes obstruct the press. You need to demonstrate that claim with supporting evidence. This is how reasoned discussion works. Otherwise, readers are perfectly entitled to dismiss your claim out of hand.
When you advance a claim, you need to advance evidence.
Let me know if you need more help with this concept.
(December 13, 2014 at 1:55 pm)Heywood Wrote: Individual members of the church pay taxes too. If they own property they pay property tax. If they buy stuff they pay sales tax. You want them to pay taxes again when they pool their resources to exercise their right to freedom or religion. You want Church going folk to subsidize your tax burden.
Investors pay income tax -- or a capital-gains tax, if the income is a dividend -- and then they pay taxes again when they invest that money.
Why should believers get a free ride when investors, who actually provide a valuable service to our country, do not?