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To me it seems to be the exact opposite. By not taxing the church, you're effectively taking money from me and giving it too the church. Every dollar we don't collect off property taxes from church property we have to get from somewhere else. That somewhere else is you and me. Not only that, that money is spent to provide the church with things like fire and police protection even though they didn't pay for it - plus it frees up money they can use for religious purposes.
Exempting churches from taxes is a roundabout way for the government to funnel my money into churches. It's a gift of money and services to churches at the expense of the tax payer, and that violates the 1st Amendment.
Yep, you're getting cheated alright. Doesn't that just burn you up?
Your link does not state that they do not pay taxes on their income. Church employee's pay taxes on their income.
That's not the issue. The issue is these people using untaxed "church money" to buy untaxed "church property" like the "church mansions" they live in, the "church clothes" they wear, the "church private jets" they use to go on "church trips", etc.
And again, by not taxing these things, the lost revenue it picked up by taxpayers. So it's you and me who are essentially paying for these "church" things.
To me it seems to be the exact opposite. By not taxing the church, you're effectively taking money from me and giving it too the church. Every dollar we don't collect off property taxes from church property we have to get from somewhere else. That somewhere else is you and me. Not only that, that money is spent to provide the church with things like fire and police protection even though they didn't pay for it - plus it frees up money they can use for religious purposes.
Exempting churches from taxes is a roundabout way for the government to funnel my money into churches. It's a gift of money and services to churches at the expense of the tax payer, and that violates the 1st Amendment.
To me it seems to be the exact opposite. By not taxing the church, you're effectively taking money from me and giving it too the church. Every dollar we don't collect off property taxes from church property we have to get from somewhere else. That somewhere else is you and me. Not only that, that money is spent to provide the church with things like fire and police protection even though they didn't pay for it - plus it frees up money they can use for religious purposes.
Exempting churches from taxes is a roundabout way for the government to funnel my money into churches. It's a gift of money and services to churches at the expense of the tax payer, and that violates the 1st Amendment.
You're not losing money on churches. You're losing money on police and fire fighter's and official's lucrative pensions.
You may get your wish though. If anyone can get around the constitution it's Obama. I'm sure taxing churches has crossed his mind a million times.
That's not the issue. The issue is these people using untaxed "church money" to buy untaxed "church property" like the "church mansions" they live in, the "church clothes" they wear, the "church private jets" they use to go on "church trips", etc.
And again, by not taxing these things, the lost revenue it picked up by taxpayers. So it's you and me who are essentially paying for these "church" things.
Thousands of different industries allow for the very same thing. You can write off clothes you have to have to for work. You can write your trips and jet off.
Want to get rid of many of these write offs for everyone? O.K., I would listen to that.
The 1st Amendment doesn't protect Churches from taxation. Taxing religious organizations doesn't prohibit the free exercise of religion nor does it establish any official religion.
Taxing, is controlling ones individual existence.
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