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@bipartisan@mastodon.social @jbhughes Yes. Tax exempt status for religious orgs violates thr establishment clause. It's effectively government funding of them.
@bipartisan@mastodon.social @jbhughes I'm strongly in favor of abolishing all tax exempt status for all orgs. It lets the wealthy buy influence and cheat the public out of tax revenue at the same time. And it muzzles left orgs that constantly worry about doing something too political that would compromise their status, while right orgs flaunt the law and use tax exempt megachurches as campaign weapons.
@dalias @bipartisan @jbhughes I'm OK with tax exemption for bona fide charities that have nothing to do with politics, but not churches.
Think more like MSF or your local volunteer fire department.
@azonenberg @bipartisan@mastodon.social @jbhughes Yes but it also muzzles them when their work intersects with politics (like MSF in a war zone), and exerts private control.
Much better would be publicly funding them but taxing normally.