http://prairieprogressive.com/2005/08/20/churches-and-use-tax-sequel/ thoughts while vastly outnumbered on the northern great plains Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:56:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://prairieprogressive.com/2005/08/20/churches-and-use-tax-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Tim Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:35:00 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/?p=496#comment-110 You miss the point. The churches will be required to pay use tax. The simply will do so using the same form as anyone else who only occasionally has to pay use tax rather than having a sales tax license. You miss the point. The churches will be required to pay use tax. The simply will do so using the same form as anyone else who only occasionally has to pay use tax rather than having a sales tax license.

]]> http://prairieprogressive.com/2005/08/20/churches-and-use-tax-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-109 breakerslion Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:01:00 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/?p=496#comment-109 The passage about church and state in the Constitution reads, "Congress shall make no law..." To my knowledge, it is the state and/or the municipal government that levys taxes on my property and purchases. While most state constitutions echo these sentiments, I know of no mandate that they do so. How big of a business does organized religion have to be before it is recognized as an abuse of the tax-exempt status? Also, if I had a dollar for every unconstitutional town ordinance in effect in this country, I could take a long vacation. Tax the churches! The passage about church and state in the Constitution reads, “Congress shall make no law…” To my knowledge, it is the state and/or the municipal government that levys taxes on my property and purchases. While most state constitutions echo these sentiments, I know of no mandate that they do so. How big of a business does organized religion have to be before it is recognized as an abuse of the tax-exempt status? Also, if I had a dollar for every unconstitutional town ordinance in effect in this country, I could take a long vacation. Tax the churches!

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