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We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
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We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
January 21, 2013 at 3:11 pm
I am sure we are all sick of these leaches spreading there lies and prapoganda without paying there far share to sosiaty. I want this to be heard even if they refuse to do anything about it. What do you guys think?

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RE: We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
January 21, 2013 at 3:14 pm
I really don't know why they're tax exempt in the first place. I thought the government wasn't supposed to officially acknolwledge any particular religion, and yet...
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RE: We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
January 21, 2013 at 3:16 pm (This post was last modified: January 21, 2013 at 3:16 pm by Nine.)
(January 21, 2013 at 3:11 pm)supernerdboy Wrote: I am sure we are all sick of these leaches spreading there lies and prapoganda without paying there far share to sosiaty. I want this to be heard even if they refuse to do anything about it. What do you guys think?

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RE: We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
January 21, 2013 at 3:29 pm
WIR DAS VOLK!!!!!!!!!


Sounds rather eary and isn`t probably the best phrase to use when trying to convince a German to participate in something political. If he has a moral conciousness and knows his history.

Anyway, I think that the US is one of the very few countries in the world where churches have tax exempt status.
I know that the catholic church and some Lutheran churches get tax exsemptions here on the hospitals they have built and provide, their contributions to the social healthcare system, to the wealthare system and any socialy benefitial action in general.

And I know that in greece the greek orthodox church isnt only tax excempt but also get`s massive goverment subsidations, which that chucrch used to con the state and get rich.
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RE: We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
January 21, 2013 at 3:43 pm
A worthwhile endeavor if for no other reason than pissing off the theists.
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RE: We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
January 21, 2013 at 8:01 pm
(January 21, 2013 at 3:16 pm)Insanity x Wrote:
(January 21, 2013 at 3:11 pm)supernerdboy Wrote: I am sure we are all sick of these leaches spreading there lies and prapoganda without paying there far share to sosiaty. I want this to be heard even if they refuse to do anything about it. What do you guys think?

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Dude! I was just going to say that! but you missed a few others though...
Quote:I am sure we are all sick of these leaches (in this case, leeches) spreading there (in this case, their) lies and prapoganda (propaganda) without paying there (in this case,their) far (fair) share to sosiaty (society). I want this to be heard even if they refuse to do anything about it. What do you guys think?
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RE: We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
January 21, 2013 at 10:16 pm
I dunno. I'm one of those who says it's ok for churches to stay tax-free provided they stay out of politics.

Unfortunately, that isn't happenig AT ALL! Every president we've had has been Christian and there's no way they could get elected if they were anything else (except maybe Jewish, but even that's a maybe). Nearly everyone in congress is Christian. Not only are they Christian, but they use their religion like a club in their elections. Churches directly tell their parishioners who to vote for to the point that they have several political action committees for Christians (and other religious groups, but they aren't as big).

So, yeah, if a church can't stay out of government, the government should stay out of church and tax the fuck out of them. Start with the Mormons and Catholics who have spent a small fortune fighting against the legalization of same sex marriage.
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RE: We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
January 21, 2013 at 10:42 pm
Tax all of the bastards. Worse, make donations to them non tax exempt and watch them dry up real quickly.
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RE: We The People, help stop Churches from being exempt from Tax!
January 22, 2013 at 6:38 am
:Welcome:
(January 21, 2013 at 3:11 pm)supernerdboy Wrote: I am sure we are all sick of these leaches spreading there lies and prapoganda without paying there far share to sosiaty. I want this to be heard even if they refuse to do anything about it. What do you guys think?
Would you also be happy if churches stopped contributing to society?
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