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Initech

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20. Our founding fathers *HATED* religious extremists.

Reply to SomethingFishy (Reply #14)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 01:05 PM

Oct 2012

Their heads would probably explode at the thought of not only religious institutions getting tax exempt status - but with that much money at stake...

And then you add those preachers who are intentionally trying to provoke the IRS - this is making a bad situation even worse.

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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