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In reply to the discussion: These prople pay taxes on the dilapidated house... [View all]Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)39. The government wouldn't seek to control,
only to collect taxes. We would not find ourselves with a state religion just because of taxes. Your argument is unsound.
Collecting taxes does not override the first amendment.
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You mean like giving special dispensation to people who want to ignore the law that offers birth
jtuck004
Jan 2014
#5
Newspapers don't pay taxes if they're nonprofits. But there are better answers to this problem.
Liberty Belle
Jan 2014
#29
I'd much rather focus FIRST on getting the 1% and corporations to pay their fair share.
Gidney N Cloyd
Jan 2014
#10
RCC owns about 177 million acres of real estate world wide, including very high end prime commercial
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#45
The tax-exempt loophole is a big reason there's so much religious craziness in America.
reformist2
Jan 2014
#52