Churches cost this country 71-83 billion a year (suspected, Obama, dollars)

[gladhands]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...illion-a-year/

Imagine how many of the nations financial problems would be solved by taxing churches.

[Freak80]

It’s much higher than that if you account for the social costs of religion: willful ignorance, low science education standards, irrational fears, the encouragement of low IQ people to have more children, etc.

[Ohiogirl81]

If you tax one non-profit organization, you're going to have to tax them all. That includes government, churches, charities, etc etc etc etc.

[gladhands]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

If you tax one non-profit organization, you're going to have to tax them all. That includes government, churches, charities, etc etc etc etc.

That’s simply not true, but thanks for playing.

[Haakon]

Originally Posted by gladhands

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...illion-a-year/

Imagine how many of the nations financial problems would be solved by taxing churches.

Just think, in a mere 133 years it could pay off Obamas increase in the national debt.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by Haakon

Just think, in a mere 133 years it could pay off Obamas increase in the national debt.

How many centuries to pay off Trump's?

[saltine]

Taxpayers are giving them $80 billion a year? No? Ok then they are costing me nothing. Got it. Another misleading headline.

[gladhands]

Originally Posted by Thom Jenkins

tax dollars are not owned by the government. less taxation is simply less theft. this is not 'costing' the government anything.

This take is, how you say? Dumb? Yes, dumb. “Taxation = theft” means we’re not having a rational, adult conversation rooted in any sort of reality.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by gladhands

That’s simply not true, but thanks for playing.

Really? What's your rationalization for taxing one non-profit organization and not another?

[rstevens62]

The real cost is the impact the church has on the secular world, laws, Govt policy, etc.

We are not that far off from the days of burning suspected witches on the stake.