04-04-2016, 11:31 AM
(04-04-2016, 10:05 AM)michaelsean Wrote: They are non-profit organizations. Why should they be treated differently?
Non-profit status should be reserved for organizations that are primarily charitable. Theoretically these organizations benefit everyone so they "earn" their tax exempt status by what they give back to the general population.
While churches do some charitable work the overwhelming amount of their expenditures go toward maintaining their own private "clubhouse" and providing entertainment to their own members every Sunday (or Saturday).
Also we have non-profit religious organizations spending millions of dollars in political elections. This should certainly end their tax-exempt status.
And there are a lot of other organizations besides churches that should lose their non-profit status. So I am not just picking on churches.
