And they should lose this "tax exempt" status (Reply #5)

In the discussion thread: The Yearly Cost of Religious Tax Exemptions: $71,000,000,000 [View all]

Response to Kindly Refrain (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:02 AM

5. And they should lose this "tax exempt" status

Like the Catholic church can't afford to pay their share of taxes.

Like the Phelps' family of Westboro Baptist deserve to pay nothing in taxes.

Like Rev. Moon and the enslaved Moonies should have been allowed to exploit armies of worshippers and pay nothing in taxes.

Like the Mormons deserve to suck up other Americans' tax monies to provide social services for quiverful families while paying no taxes themselves.

Sorry, but leeches are leeches.

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38 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Yearly Cost of Religious Tax Exemptions: $71,000,000,000 [View all]	Kindly Refrain	Oct 2012	OP
Du rec. Nt	xchrom	Oct 2012	#1
. n/t	porphyrian	Oct 2012	#2
k&r n/t	RainDog	Oct 2012	#3
We should let the market decide	nichomachus	Oct 2012	#4
And they should lose this "tax exempt" status	Generic Other	Oct 2012	#5
Sickening...	txdemsftw	Oct 2012	#6
time to start a petition, FB page, etc..	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Oct 2012	#7
That's not just church's but other religious based organizations that do a lot for the poor.	sharkman25	Oct 2012	#8
So what?	LondonReign2	Oct 2012	#21
.	sharkman25	Oct 2012	#27
Not really.	D23MIURG23	Oct 2012	#30
Non-profit organizations can qualify for tax exemption whether they are religious or not.	D23MIURG23	Oct 2012	#29
Disgusting!!!	Arugula Latte	Oct 2012	#9
"Tax the churches. Tax the businesses owned	hifiguy	Oct 2012	#10
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side...	Initech	Oct 2012	#17
The churches are protected by the 1st Amendment	badtoworse	Oct 2012	#11
No, general taxation has no free exercise implications	cthulu2016	Oct 2012	#12
Yep. Excellent analysis cthulu.	hifiguy	Oct 2012	#19
The "Founding Fathers"	SomethingFishy	Oct 2012	#14
YES!	txdemsftw	Oct 2012	#16
Where I live we have a church that purchased an old Boeing facility.	Initech	Oct 2012	#22
Our founding fathers HATED religious extremists.	Initech	Oct 2012	#20
Our founding fathers didn't have much room to talk. nt	Union Scribe	Oct 2012	#33
distinctions need to be made between different church activities	yellowsubmarine	Oct 2012	#26
Incidentally, several of the Founders opposed the creation of political parties as well.	Selatius	Oct 2012	#37
That's as silly as saying	LondonReign2	Oct 2012	#23
Tax them. They use tax payer service and they are influencing politics.	Autumn	Oct 2012	#13
+1	sarcasmo	Oct 2012	#35
I've always wondered	fifthoffive	Oct 2012	#15
Jesus!	StarryNite	Oct 2012	#18
I fully agree we should tax churches	LondonReign2	Oct 2012	#24
They use all the same local services such as roads and fire protection	libtodeath	Oct 2012	#25
By that...er, "logic," there wouldn't be any tax exempt groups period.	Union Scribe	Oct 2012	#32
Hell, we could build three aircraft carriers with that.	rug	Oct 2012	#28
Excellent point!	kentauros	Oct 2012	#38
Have you delivered your righteous beatdown of those students yet?	Union Scribe	Oct 2012	#31
Tax the church.	sarcasmo	Oct 2012	#34
How much of that is just the Mormon and Catholic Churches?	SmileyRose	Oct 2012	#36

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