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Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
#11
RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
No they spread hate bigotry why keep them tax free.
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#12
RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
They should be taxed like any other business, which is, after all, what they are: they sell a service.

Further, the tax-exemption is based on the premise that they avoid political entanglements, which at least three churches (LDS, Southern Baptist, and Catholic) have deliberately violated.

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#13
RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
At least the televamgelists should be taxed to the fullest extent. They're nothing but a business and a shady one at that. Also I don't see any reason why the Roman Catholic church isn't taxed, given all the riches they possess. And they're getting richer by the minute, since their members, after the Concordate, are paying taxes to them.
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#14
RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
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.

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RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
(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.
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RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
(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.
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RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
(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.

^^^^^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.

We all end up paying taxes to wars and other things we may not agree with. Why not use some of our taxes to actually help people.

And I especially think these mega churches where those who operate them have personal jets and fortunes in the tens, if not hundreds, or millions should be especially harshly taxed.

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#18
RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
Quote:the Christian church spends billions every year to help others,

Bullshit. They collect it from fools like you and then use it to market for fucking jesus.
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#19
RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
I'm fine with secular charities that are just there to help, and don't have a religious agenda behind their charity.
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#20
RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
(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.

couldn't have said it better.
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