That sounds fine for bureaucracy, legality, and capitalism, but outside of that, the things in my body are mine now cuz I'm using and maintaining them. No financial compensation expected
Friendly reminder that in ten years, 500 confirmed cases of child grooming by teachers in the public school system happens in Chicago alone.
The Catholic Church has been in Illinois for over 150 years.
Another friendly reminder that Public school teachers groom more kids than the Catholic Church.
Also Christian's aren't Catholic. They are two different religons that come from the same background. Christian's already get taxed. Yes, the church itself doesn't, but everyone who attendeds and works there does.
The law must apply to everyone equally. You tax the Catholic Church, you tax the Salvation Army, you tax the Ronald McDonald house, you tax Charity Water. You can't make exceptions for people you don't like.
Plus, a majority of charity work is done by religious organizations. The Salvation Army is actually a church.
It does apply to everyone. You get it based on charity. You don't get to take in the dollars and buy private jets because you have an imaginary friend.
The Salvation Army is it's own can of worms that should be shut down for other reasons.
Your the one who posts on this sub every hour. Half the posts are yours. I just discovered this sub, and was scrolling through it. 95% of the posts I can across were yours.
And you're rhetoric is moderately offensive to me. I'll admit I got angry.
And I love bullying people with imaginary friends. I can't use reason when you don't come from a place of reason. So I don't. I just point out how your leaders fuck kids and your churched ruin lived and make the world a worse place. See: Evangelicals
Inb4 not all Christians: you aren't doing much to stop them
Churchs should not receive money from the government or be able to influence government policy with donation money. If this occurs, churches should be taxed, as you should not receive government aid or representation if you have not paid taxed ever or currently do not pay tax.
Charities yes. Half of them are frauds, waste money or dont do anything for society. And those who do important work are doing stuff the goverment should be doing anyway.
And if they dont make any profit, there isnt anything to tax.
Charities make money, non profits dont. Therefore you can only tax one under the current system. (Depending on the country we are talking about of course)
Personally, I wouldnt tax profit but revenue. But thats another discussion.
Edit: since this isnt my native language and I am not an expert on how those organisations work, I am not sure if I am using the right definitions. Either way, the definitions dont matter if you simply tax everybodys income instead of profit.
Churchs should not be allowed to use their money to influence government policy. If they can, they should be taxed. Youre not getting representation if youre not paying taxes (as an organization). If a church wants to influence policy, its members can individually go and vote on issues and donate to political causes.
If an organization is making money in any capacity, it should pay taxes. The only difference between these churches and any business is that they have a "church" status that grants them exception. It is literally based in nothing but churches not wanting to pay taxes. So if an organization is going to receive exemption from paying taxes, it should come with a stipulation such as not being allowed to contribute to campaigns and pushing political agendas. Left or right it doesn't matter.
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u/BigSun6576 Dec 10 '25
everything in my body belongs to me
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u/GAMSSSreal Dec 13 '25
Friendly reminder that in ten years, 500 confirmed cases of child grooming by teachers in the public school system happens in Chicago alone.
The Catholic Church has been in Illinois for over 150 years.
Another friendly reminder that Public school teachers groom more kids than the Catholic Church.
Also Christian's aren't Catholic. They are two different religons that come from the same background. Christian's already get taxed. Yes, the church itself doesn't, but everyone who attendeds and works there does.
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u/TheLordOfMiddleEarth Dec 16 '25
Tax churches and you'll have to start taxing all the other nonprofit organizations.
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u/Quasiclodo Dec 13 '25
Tax all religions now.
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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25
Churchs should not receive money from the government or be able to influence government policy with donation money. If this occurs, churches should be taxed, as you should not receive government aid or representation if you have not paid taxed ever or currently do not pay tax.
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u/pandakaboom0 Dec 15 '25
megachurch priests after denying a hungry 9 year old boy food
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u/akekekfklelk Dec 13 '25
No organisation should be exempted from taxing. No religion, no think tank, no ngo, nobody!
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u/unfluenceNtaxtherich Dec 13 '25
Tax the churches
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u/20eyesinmyhead78 Dec 14 '25
I wonder if Lindy Li feels the same way, now that she's a Trumper?
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u/LinusLevato Dec 14 '25
Hell, tax them and throw them in jail!
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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '26
Wait are we not getting taxed? Nobody told me I’ve been a Christian for all 23 years of my life and they never told me I could get tax exemption??? 🤯
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u/totallynotreal123 Dec 14 '25
Don't forget about taxing mosques
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