Did not mean to imply that they 'need' the exemption, rather, they would be collateral damage from the tax exemptions being removed because a few people take advantage of them.
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < [email protected]> wrote: > > true, but I was responding more to Scott's assertion that the clergy are > poor so they need the exemption. > > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Churches have tax exempt status because if the government can tax them, > > they > > can control them. So in order to maintain a separation of church and > > state, > > they are tax exempt...with the caveat that thy cannot participate in > > politics. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:59 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Feds say OK to atheists on religion tax break > > > > > > 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:366619 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
