Is removing non-profit status from churches the best way to pay for the Iraq War?

Question

(which allows them to be taxed.) After all, it was mostly those folks who elected the current fanatic to the presidency.

Answer 1

Technically,yes it would but there'll be great civil uprest by fanatics like Bush.

Answer 2

Actually, I would like to revoke the entire "non-profit" status on all entities, not just religious organizations. That would take care of the "church-state" debate because they are all the same then.

Remember Red Cross and their money scandal over and over and over and over and over? Every major disaster, they collect money and then use the money for something not related to the disaster at all. Every single time. If this were a regular corporation, the stock holders will fire the board and kick the president out (each time).

Remember United Way and their President using hundreds of thousands of dollars for his own personal use? How do we know this isn't happening again? Again, the stock holders will make sure no hanky-panky is going on.

Remember Jim Baker and Tammy Faye? They stole money and used it for their own gain. Again, if they were a regular corporation, there would have been proper over site from the stockholders.

I would say that we should just get rid of all "non-profits". If they can't make money, then they don't need to exist. And, since all non-profits will now be regular corporations, guess, what they are under better control and the IRS can follow the money trail better and if someone decides to use money ellicitly, they'll catch the culprits much earlier.

Answer 3

The religious RIGHT helped select then elect the current $hithole in the White House.

Religion does have a firm grasp on politics in America, but I'd say, after the fiasco of these wars, plus the wholesale slaughter of almost everything the repukes stand for, along with the shame they have brought on religion and America, that the religious right has taken a sledge hammer to their heads.

Problem is, the American people and especially the religious right doesn't think their $hit stinks and in due course we'll be back to the same ignoramus god, apple pie and rah-rah USA rants while ignoring how the house of cards is in serious trouble.

Come to think of it, that is happening now.

Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeze. And here I was trying to be clever.

As far as taking away tax exempt status, aren't we being taxed to death as it is anyway? Don't we need a hell of a lot less taxes and for us to get out of all the messes we create in our thirst for oil and keeping up our fading American dream? Yea, take it away and the Limbahs of the the USA will call it a liberal plot.

Peace

Jim

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Answer 4

Shouldn't be a war in the first place and especially the anti-war group funding the obnoxious little trip to Iraq, is a shame! If church supports the political decisions, then let them be the bearers of the expenses. As for the Lunatic getting the votes for the presidency, I believe he got himself elected. How? Politics ofcouse.

Answer 5

You have just answered your own question.

Why would Bush want to remove the tax break the CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST GET (of all the Churches ,it was only these who voted en masse like lemmings for Bush) from the very people who it can easily be argued voted this crime against humanity perpetrator back into office.

You don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

Answer 6

no, what does the Church have to do with this any way , this war is about money and change for the people they're.put the blame where it should be on the terriest not the church fool and its not the money that's hurting the affect of the war any way its men that are coward that wont stand and fight but hind in the dark hiding bombs in the streets to blow up kids at the local market.you cant fight men that hide.........

Answer 7

sure - if there is no separation of church and state they need to be taxed.

but actually taxing off shore accounts would be the best way to pay for a lot of things - closing tax loopholes would be very good to.

just have a straight percentage tax for upper middle class to thru upper class lower percentage for those in the middle and even lower for those in the lower class or a negitive tax for lower class would be even better.

Answer 8

No. Because if that happens, the churches will simply stop taking in (or at least reporting) their income.

And it would be difficult (constitutionally) to single out only certain religious organizations as separate from all other non-profit groups.

Answer 9

i'm going to decide for that, if the ten Commandments may be placed on any public place, the word "under God" is left in the Pledge of Allegiance, and the ACLU discontinues this is attack on Christianity. yet once you at the instant are not prepared to achieve this, I shall now yell the left's conflict cry "Seperation of Church and State"!

Answer 10

no but ther should be a stanard set as to what makes a church as some are phonies just to avoid taxes and are covers for the wrong things if we dont start doing something we will be taxing forever the people who cannot afford to live as humans should and stop making wars without just causes

Answer 11

I don't know if paying for the war is an option, but yes I would like the church to have to pay taxes on their income! I just don't know how you could possibly get them to report it. do you really think that an organization that thinks moving child molesters to a different parish to molest their children rather than reporting them is going to report their income??