that has actually been the party line of the GOP recently. But that was actually a joke. The main point of my comment is that the individual clergy members should qualify for lower income tax brackets and the lack of paying taxes therein. The church should not. The church is a business. If it want's to qualify as a 501c3, then it should, but it has to be more transparent to do so.
I don't have an issue with certain organizations getting tax exempt status if they're putting their money back into helping the community, churches included. I don't think that being called a church should automatically get you tax exempt status. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Should we tell the same of those who might be victims of any welfare cuts? > That they should 'pick themselves up by their own bootstraps'? > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > then, they should "pick themselves up by their own > bootstraps"...seriously > > though, the church shouldn't enjoy tax exempt status just because the > > clergy is poor. We have tax laws for lower income people. Don't they > fall > > into that category? > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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:366611 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
