Posted on 07/02/2012 7:53:39 PM PDT by Sybeck1
The churches don't have a bucket to piss in. Yet, local Democrat governments are going to squeeze the basis of their political support. Should be fun to watch. Problem is where will the third world flee to?
The churches don't have a bucket to piss in. Yet, local Democrat governments are going to squeeze the basis of their political support. Should be fun to watch. Problem is where will the third world flee to?
The churches don't have a bucket to piss in. Yet, local Democrat governments are going to squeeze the basis of their political support. Should be fun to watch. Problem is where will the third world flee to?
“The left is not happy unless they are finding more ways to loot the populace.”
I used to work in Memphis a number of years ago, but I didn’t live there. It’s not only Left, it’s Black Left, which means Marxism run by idiots! Someone posted that Fullilove was a crazy drunk. Have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK6UKJ6wjWk
It is my understanding that mandatory payments to the government--at any level--is a pretty good working definition of taxes...
Ping
Pay their way, as in contributing to the retirement funds of elected politicians and their croneys? If they are free to tap the respources of religious congregations, then you are taxing double those parisioners.
You mean its going the same way as Detroit and Cleveland?
In France they took over Church property to keep the state from collapsing. At the same time, they tried to force the clergy to become employees of the state.
I would then suggest that churches ask for payment for its charitable missions within the community. Think the city could afford it?
Yes, My family and I lived in Memphis almost 40 years. Summer 1961-April 2000).
The first 15 years were very blissful (except for the riots in 68) years.
By the early 90’s, I overheard a man say: “I’m about ready to move out of Memphis and just let them cannabalize it, then come back.”
If the city, county and state take over running the Hospitals, Churches, they will cannabalize them.
Let me ask; “If the City, County & State cannot regulate & run it’s self, why should it try to take on more?”
Sell some government buildings - raise money and increase tax base.
This is a good thing. Too many non-profits benefit from the system. If they suffered along with us then we wouldn’t see our taxes rise so high.
The Feds should do the same thing. There are plenty of massive endowments that exist just to enrich the staff and owners. That wasn’t the purpose of the non-profit tax exemption.
I think you need to read a book. The title of it is now my tag line.
The government in Cleveland as it now exists,makes the older locals long for the days when Dennis Kochinic was mayor.
My hometown, shocka!! This is the same city where a Ford proposed to increase the gas tax. Demorcat machine, fiscally incompetent.
You mean Janice Fulladrugs? I’m in Germantown on the front lines.
I agree that some businesses that are classed a non profit should be taxed since they are truly a shell and are evading taxes.
Churches on the other hand are a different story, the average church has less than 70 members and most of the time the pastor has to have a second job just to pay the bills. If we put taxes on top of their fixed and variable expenses there will be a lot of churches that will close their doors and people will suffer as a result.
The government needs to change their business model as a small business owner would have to when the economy gets bad!
Make no mistake, if ANYONE says that they want to tax the churches, they REALLY mean that they want to *destroy* the churches. They may claim that churches are a "gravy train" but they know very well that the majority of churches are functioning Sunday-to-Sunday and would fold up overnight if they had to pony up taxes. The ones that survive would be forced to scale back non-essential services like charity and community outreach. They know this, and welcome it. There would be fewer churches, and the ones that remain would focussed on survival and would be blissfully quiet and disengaged. There are a lot of "conservatives" that would like that very much.
I live in Collierville, which is fighting school and government consolidation with every fiber of its existence.
The consolidation of Memphis City Schools (which simply dissolved its charter to affect this) and Shelby County Schools represents the proverbial camel’s nose under the tent to full-on consolidation of Memphis and Shelby County. Which is, in and of itself, simply a money grab. The City Gubmint apparatchiks in Memphis want the suburban tax revenues so badly that they can barely contain their drool.
Ain’t goan’ happen.
There is a ballot referendum in Collierville to establish a separate Collierville school district, and to enact a small local sales tax to pay for it. I’ll be voting in favor. In my opinion, while I oppose tax increases generally, it’s the most workable way to get it done. EVERYBODY will have to contribute - which is opposed to a property tax increase (that would hit only home and property owners).
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