Churches started receiving tax exempt status in 1894, making the United States economy miss out on hundreds of billions a year in property tax income. It's a complete violation of separation of church and state where being a tax exemption is a privileged and not a right. The biggest problem to me is the fact of separation of church and state are a main issue, but letting them remain tax exempt causes all american people, even those who oppose all religious doctrine, support religion by having to pay more taxes to cover the deficit of all the missed revenue. Thus the churches of all religions should have their tax-exempt status revoked and forced to pay federal and state taxes like the rest of America.
Plain and simple, giving the church tax exemption status is a violation of the first amendment of the constitution of the united states. When the state sides with religion, and gives religious organizations tax-exempt status, this shows the side that the state sides with and states show financial benefit. It is in complete violation of separation of church and state. In the 1970 trial of Walz v. Tax Commission of …show more content…
Tax exemption is a privilege, not a right. Not one place in the united states constitution does it state that they are entitled to the right of being tax exempted. Also, using your religious right to expression to gain monetary gain is flat out wrong, and immoral. The very people who preach about morals and values, evidently lack both. I leave this paragraph with a quote from George Carlin “You know what they ought to do with churches? Tax them. If holy people are so interested in politics, governement and public policy, let them pay the price of admission like everybody else does. The Catholic Church alone could wipe out the national debt if all you did was tax their real
Plain and simple, giving the church tax exemption status is a violation of the first amendment of the constitution of the united states. When the state sides with religion, and gives religious organizations tax-exempt status, this shows the side that the state sides with and states show financial benefit. It is in complete violation of separation of church and state. In the 1970 trial of Walz v. Tax Commission of …show more content…
Tax exemption is a privilege, not a right. Not one place in the united states constitution does it state that they are entitled to the right of being tax exempted. Also, using your religious right to expression to gain monetary gain is flat out wrong, and immoral. The very people who preach about morals and values, evidently lack both. I leave this paragraph with a quote from George Carlin “You know what they ought to do with churches? Tax them. If holy people are so interested in politics, governement and public policy, let them pay the price of admission like everybody else does. The Catholic Church alone could wipe out the national debt if all you did was tax their real