Should churches be taxed?

I say YES! They should lose their tax exempt status.
churches run themselves as businesses, making investments but not paying their share.
Nay sayers will say theyre nonprofit! b/s! Some of the richest businesses on earth are the catholic and mormon churches.
Naysayers will then claim theyre charitable orgs.. b/s!
churches are biased to who they will contribute and help out.

Lets tax all churches as businesses.Close this loop hole. Originally Posted by winn dixie

you're talking about some but not all. Laws have to be inclusive. You can't make a law for mega church incorporated and ignore the little church that could. So, you tax one, you have to tax the other. Now it might be better that like gun laws, enforce what is already on the books. A preacher cannot preach one party over another in an election year. Of course, they are never held to account. From the right, they don't want to attack religion. From the left, because those churches are doing their bidding.

I say YES! They should lose their tax exempt status.
churches run themselves as businesses, making investments but not paying their share.
Nay sayers will say theyre nonprofit! b/s! Some of the richest businesses on earth are the catholic and mormon churches.
Naysayers will then claim theyre charitable orgs.. b/s!
churches are biased to who they will contribute and help out.

Lets tax all churches as businesses.Close this loop hole. Originally Posted by winn dixie

Correct.

I believe no occupation should get tax breaks above others. Originally Posted by winn dixie

Seeing that the Court is moving us away from separation of Church and State, why not?

Is this a side approach for supporting a straight tax?

From the right, they don't want to attack religion. From the left, because those churches are doing their bidding. Originally Posted by the_real_Barleycorn

Great point. Wish more people saw this reality

Seeing that the Court is moving us away from separation of Church and State, why not?

Is this a side approach for supporting a straight tax? Originally Posted by Precious_b

the 1950's notion of separation from church & state is faulty.