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dissentient

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19. Ain't going to happen. There are a bazillion religious folk in the United States

Reply to WestCoastLib (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 05:31 PM

Mar 2015

I think sometimes at Du we can forget that most people in the U.S. are either deeply religious, as in Christian, or they practice some other religion. The numbers just don't work for something like this to ever get passed by congress.

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If Churches and Religious organizations were not tax-exempt... [View all] WestCoastLib Mar 2015 OP

"If my aunt had balls, H2O Man Mar 2015 #1

It happens WestCoastLib Mar 2015 #2

But taxing a church won't. H2O Man Mar 2015 #5

Likely the same. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #3

If not for the threat of the IRS to take away that exemption TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #4

"eligible for some other tax exempt status" Chan790 Mar 2015 #15

it would certainly change the demand for government social programs pipoman Mar 2015 #6

They fill a lot of gaps, totally within non-profit tax guidelines. I support maintaining that. +1 pinto Mar 2015 #8

IRS oversight of 501 (c)3 standards is the key. Applying existing regulations is lax and ineffective pinto Mar 2015 #7

some if those regs are a little close to infringement of civil rights/liberties pipoman Mar 2015 #9

I'm missing your point. pinto Mar 2015 #10

The political campaigning piece could be argued to infringe pipoman Mar 2015 #11

no one's infringing on free speech by taking away a tax benefit. unblock Mar 2015 #14

or 501 (c)4...they can be politically active... pipoman Mar 2015 #16

well, social welfare and labor unions, which can include advocating certain positions unblock Mar 2015 #18

Time to tax churches. They are referred, on the inside, as businesses. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #12

the problem is not the tax exemption of religious organizations per se unblock Mar 2015 #13

They would have more. ieoeja Mar 2015 #17

Ain't going to happen. There are a bazillion religious folk in the United States dissentient Mar 2015 #19