"Tax the churches. Tax the businesses owned (Reply #10)

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Thu Oct 25, 2012, 10:44 AM

hifiguy (33,688 posts)

10. "Tax the churches. Tax the businesses owned

by the churches." - Frank Zappa

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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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