We literally have a christian nationalist government right now and the churches are not being taxed fairly. Your taxes pay for things they want and use. And they abuse those tax free donations & income they get because there is no reporting to the IRS. Religions are a business. You take in money for a service, it's a business. Most religions are not actually helping people, like the homeless, food kitchens, or fundraising for those in need. If you had the ability to see where all the finances go from a 'church', you would never give money, or defend them again. Even non-religious charities don't give back as much as they claim, Goodwill is a great example.

Tax all religions fairly.

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

With how broken our justice dept is, I don't trust that they would twist regulation is ways to legally ban other religions, potentially in the near future using "historical precident". I'm not against properly classifying large donors as PAC's and needing super churches to get rid of their tax status. I think we can workshop something really targeted to not be used against the spirit of the law.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree, we don't tax a variety of non-profits. Including simple social clubs all the way to universities. I don't like the idea of taxing all of those either.

Religion seems to get a lot of benefits other non-profits don't though. So I'm down to level the playing field, and maybe there is some way to alter tax law to punish the mega-churches specifically

[–] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I like the idea of targeting mega-churches. Maybe do it based on outreach. If the people attend in person, they can donate cash in hand with no taxes or anything, but if it is televised and donations come in from online or the phone, those get taxed.