re: Time to tax the wealthiest preachers/pastors?

Posted by BBONDS25

Member since Mar 2008

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:04 pm to Loup

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their churches should be treated like any other business.

Clear violation of the 1st amendment.

Posted by LNCHBOX

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:04 pm to Zapps4Life

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pay their shar

Until gov even pretends to care about their spending problem, I don't want a single penny in new taxes approved.

Posted by ILurkThereforeIAm

In the Shadows, Behind Hedges

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:06 pm to Zapps4Life

Posted by theunknownknight

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:06 pm to LSUFanHouston

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The value of provided housing is subject to FICA tax but not income tax.

Otherwise, they pay income tax on all salary and benefits.

You have that backwards.

Housing allowance is untaxed. Income is taxed just like everyone else.

Posted by cbree88

South Louisiana

Member since Feb 2010

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:07 pm to Zapps4Life

Everyone likes to shite all over Catholics, but all the priests I’ve ever met live in a very simple house or rectory.

The priests and bishops in our diocese are limited to a maximum salary of $30,000 per year, and they certainly don’t live in $7 million homes.

Posted by Chucktown_Badger

The banks of the Ashley River

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:08 pm to Duffnshank

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Yep, never enough taxes to take so we can make that utopia I hear everyone talks about us being so close to.

I think Newsome's 10 year plan to end homelessness in SF, that is now on year 20, worked like a charm and there is now no homeless problem there. A shining example of the intelligence and good that comes from more government and taking of people's hard earned money.

This post was edited on 8/20/24 at 4:10 pm

Posted by Locoguan0

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:13 pm to Zapps4Life

Tax religions entities at your peril. Eventually, there will be someone in office who plays favorites.

Posted by DesScorp

Alabama

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:16 pm to HogPharmer

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Kenneth Copeland is the devil.

Hes a con man. But the solutions being proposed here would inevitably be used to attack churches themselves.

Posted by BabyTac

Austin, TX

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:17 pm to Zapps4Life

Did we ever figure out why millions were buried in the wall at Joel Osteen’s racket?

Posted by Sidicous

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:24 pm to Zapps4Life

Why do you care about what other people do with their time and money and energy? Does anything any one of them affect your life in any way?

I hear there are many people in many areas that are not paying taxes. That has zero impact on my life as they never have paid and never will. Besides the fact that government is the least efficient way to manage money and it’s not like the government would lessen anyone’s tax if they did pay.

I see many people who own boats. They have zero effect on my life whatsoever.

I am told many people own mansions. Does not matter to me.

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Posted by Zapps4Life

Houston

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:32 pm to Sidicous

I brought this up for discussion (again an open discussion) as many folks are seeing significant rises in taxable value of their homes...

This post was edited on 8/20/24 at 4:34 pm

Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:32 pm to Zapps4Life

Why would do people always beg for others to pay more in taxes?

All Americans all pay to much taxes already.

We should be pissed off at how much our government, on all levels, waste our tax dollars instead of saying people should pay more.

Posted by bulletprooftiger

Member since Aug 2006

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:34 pm to Locoguan0

I think the gripe is not about taxing religious entities, but rather that religious entities do not have to pay property tax.

In New Orleans, even in better neighborhoods, there is blighted housing usually adjacent to churches where former parishioners donated their property to the church on the condition that their descendants get to live in the houses. Then, of course, their are the mega churches sitting on valuable commercial real estate.

Posted by kywildcatfanone

Wildcat Country!

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:34 pm to swamptiger99

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pretty sure preachers are taxed.

They are, just like the rest of us.

Posted by slackster

Houston

Member since Mar 2009

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:35 pm to SuperOcean

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How about we just actually cut the govt spending and the need for more taxes instead of creating means to regulate which churches exist

How about we cut government spending AND tax everyone the same. They’re not mutually exclusive.

Posted by LCrox

Member since Sep 2019

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:39 pm to kywildcatfanone

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pretty sure preachers are taxed.

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They are, just like the rest of us.

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I’m almost sure preachers are taxed as self-employed. At least the preacher I knew was taxed that way.

This post was edited on 8/20/24 at 4:42 pm

Posted by Shexter

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:39 pm to Zapps4Life

Posted by ChestRockwell

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Posted on 8/20/24 at 4:40 pm to Zapps4Life

How about tax organized religions in general? Starting with the catholic church, whatever dudes like Duplantis, Osteen, and others are affiliated with? It's amazing that fools believe God is all powerful, knowing, and whatever. Somehow he isn't good with a checkbook. I respect the people of faith in this forum, and wish prosperity, health, and love, to those families. There comes a time a place when it's time to pay the tab.