Does anyone else think it's time to tax the churches?

[adieu]

64. The non-profit arm of the church

Can stay as non-profit and do its usual 501(c)(...) charitable duties. People donating to the church would have to itemize where the money goes and then, that money will have to be scrutinized, much like any other charitable organization.

And, clearly, there are some non-profits that really ought to be taxed, like the Komen Foundation and some of the supposedly non-profits which were really superPACs. Same goes with some colleges non-profit side.

Basically, if you're a soup kitchen that gets monetary donations and that money is tracked and one can see how the money is used, then that's a non-profit that stays tax-free (except for the money paid to the directors or other salaried/wage earning people, where the money is then taxed as income taxes for those people). But, if you're a bundler like the Susan G Komen Foundation, then I have some problems with some amount of that money.