(December 13, 2014 at 5:30 pm)Heywood Wrote: How about all the media companies that do not exist because taxes make their business model untenable.
Please enumerate them.
(December 13, 2014 at 5:30 pm)Heywood Wrote: Freedom of religion does not allow one not to pay taxes or sacrifice virgins. The government can still pass laws that obstruct free exercise of religion if they are necessary for governance. Revoking the tax exempt status of churches is not necessary for governance. Society and government are not collapsing because churches have tax exempt status. All we are doing here is arguing our opinions and why we hold them.
The tax-exempt status of churches forces their rightful obligations to be paid by non-believers. Corporations pay taxes, after its shareholders have done so. Why shouldn't churches be treated as corporations? That is, in fact, what they are: a group of people, pooling their resources to pursue a common good.
If you're okay with taxing other corporations, why do you draw a special line around your church?
I mean, other than the fact that you want a special privilege?
