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In reply to the discussion: End the Tax Exempt Status of Churches! [View all]hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)51. Mega Churches do deserve more scrutiny. I heard you actually have to buy a ticket to get into some
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Which other organizations are you thinking of? Churches seem to me to often clearly act as legal
Squinch
Jul 2014
#2
I see your point. But I was raised in the Catholic Church, and the wealth and property and
Squinch
Jul 2014
#7
Not necessarily small. An organization that brings in a heap more than some defined set of
Squinch
Jul 2014
#25
But those are all costs of doing business. Those aren't purchases of new property or investments
Squinch
Jul 2014
#93
Or those charities act are kept as parts of the original organization and they act as deductions
Squinch
Jul 2014
#94
And, as with everyone else, let their charitable activities act as deductions.
Squinch
Jul 2014
#108
So you would favor ending the tax exempt status of all churchs, regardless of whether they
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#17
OK - well I can't support that, unless you are going to end all non-profit organizations as well.
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#22
Well I suppose it isn't. We are still decades away from ending the tax-exempt status of churches
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#68
There are a number of different arguments for why you should end the tax exempt status of religion
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#34
OK - So you are opposed to ending the tax-exempt status for churches? Or in favor of it? nt
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#38
You know when I find that people haven't understood what I have written and ask clarifying questions
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#45
If a religion doesn't stick it's nose into political matters it should keep it's tax-exempt status
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#6
And if they don't want to separate the two, than they pay taxes on both, I take it? nt
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#75
The increase in atheists and those not church goers should make an impact.
LiberalFighter
Jul 2014
#84
There's taking a moral stance and taking a political stance. Not always the same thing.
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#18
Only if you believe that a church knows the best political solution to a problem
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#21
i would wager most IN the church would say they have the correct solution
ProdigalJunkMail
Jul 2014
#24
Do they have the correct solution for what people should do? or do they the have the correct
el_bryanto
Jul 2014
#27
Where then is the relevant and precise division between political and religious matters?
LanternWaste
Jul 2014
#73
Clearly the trumped-up IRS scandal canard shows that 501(4) shows that status should be...
Anansi1171
Jul 2014
#5
They have to spend a certain percent charity work. They get around that will missions to
alfredo
Jul 2014
#32
START BY ENDING THE OVER $1.5 TRILLION PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR ALL...........
zwyziec
Jul 2014
#39
Sorry but I can't agree. I think non-profits including houses of worship should have tax exempt
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#44
Mega Churches do deserve more scrutiny. I heard you actually have to buy a ticket to get into some
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#51
I think most houses of worship provide more than 20,000 dollars a year in services.
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#58
If done, all those churches will disappear, and the oligarchs would never allow that. nt
valerief
Jul 2014
#47
Wow! 'Put all freedom of expression on equal footing' was my first thought this morning!
freshwest
Jul 2014
#50
No way, Churches are way too powerful and would dominate in politics if they were not tax exempt.
dilby
Jul 2014
#52
Churches should follow the same rules and oversight of other non-profits...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2014
#97