Do YOU think it's time to end the tax exempt status of churches?

[The Second Stone]

107. Yes and no

I think that each person should get a "voucher" tax credit to give to a religious or charitable cause of their choice, say a dollar amount that is a multiple of the hourly wage. So the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Each person would receive a religious or charitable voucher coupon for 30 times the hourly minimum wage. They give it to their pastor, rabbi, etc. who then uses it to offset any tax collector's (IRS, state property, state income). So each parishioner would give the coupon of $285 in value to the local church and the church gets a reduction in taxes.

That way tax paying Americans are not supporting overly rich churches, which are then otherwise taxed the same as everyone else.

With all the special discounts for the super wealthy, churches, corporations, charities, etc. all of that tax burden falls on real people. We need to tax all of these organizations at the same rate as working Americans.

When we give tax breaks to so-called "job creator" persons or corporations like Romney or Bain, they create jobs overseas and put it in overseas bank accounts.