So, because a few people take advantage of the tax break, that means we should take it away from everyone? That sounds an awful lot like: 'people take advantage of welfare, so we should get rid of it'. And a perfect example of how liberals can be as illogical as conservatives.
Contrary to what many think, most clergy are not wealthy, and often have a difficult time making ends meet. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > Its part of their campaign I suspect to remove the religious property tax > exemption and the tax exemption for a pastor or a minister's salary and > housing costs. > > Its considered unfair because you can have a televangelist being able to > write off his three Cadillacs and luxury condo, yet no one else can do an > equivalent tax writeoff > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > While I think it is admirable that these people do not want to use the > tax > > exemption, I don't understand why they wen tot court over it. Simply > don't > > take advantage of it and be done with it. I may not agree with everything > > every religious institution has done, but in my opinion, the good that > > local parishes, etc. do on a day to day basis should not be overshadowed > by > > the actions of those at higher levels. > > > > One thing in this article that I do not understand is - 'Gaylor's > > organization says the exemption gives religious groups an unfair > > advantage.' Advantage in what? > > > -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:366600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
