> -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 4:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Warning: This may offend if religious > > > I think it is a great idea. > > But, (un)like most other taxes, there can be some simple > rules to handle these cases. > > 5% of any income/property over $40 million. > Deductions for "public works", up to half of tax debt (You > can spend it, but if you don't we will) All money earmarked > for social services (health, shelter, food, clothes) > > Of course, this is just pulled out of..well, thin air.
In general I would also think that more work could be done in proving that a church "deserves" its tax break. A small church/synagogue/mosque/whatever that is truly run by donations, and commits its overflow to the community which it serves is "good" in my humble opinion. A large, (generally) evangelistic organization that makes millioniares out of its clergy and gives significantly less back to its community than it recieves is "bad" (in my opinion). I'm not sure how you could legislate that... But there should be some checks and balances - as there is with any non-profit organization. I'm not for or against taxation of churches, but I do think that in some cases the line has been very obviously crossed. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
