Suits me! The only reason churches are not taxed is that they agreed to not preach about POLITICS from the pulpit in exchange for the tax breaks.
Tax the churches and they will no longer be gagged by the tax laws and can rip into evil they see in political candidates.
There are a lot of churches that do not have the revenue to stay open and pay taxes.
Exactly! The 501C3 status is the primary reason for the disgusting state of the modern church; however, people are confused as to the true purpose of the statute. The 501C3 status only grants corporate protection for church board members at the price of a muzzle. It does not grant tax exempt status.
Churches are inherently and inalienably tax exempt Either way, if you’re too disinterested to give to charity without a tax incentive, then you shouldn’t be giving at all,
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I don’t expect you to ever understand, but it is much bigger than that. Are you actually happy with how your tax dollars are being spent from a central government? If not, you should not have to pay for and support something you have taken a vow to not support either.
None of us should. Giving these funds back to the local community for favorable local reasons is much better than sending it to a central government who will squander it away on garbage that helps no one in your own local community.
THIS is what non profits were originally designed for... Unfortunately it has been abused by many. But this does not make them ALL guilty, and it should not be used to extort those who do not abuse it and do good things.
Churches that invite people like pickles the ultra-dem get a pass.