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- From: quilty@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Humberto Humbertoldi)
- Subject: Re: Colorado Amendment 2: The First Fatality
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- Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- References: <1992Nov17.200818.882@advtech.uswest.com> <10625@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 01:02:22 GMT
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- In article <10625@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson) writes:
- >In <1992Nov17.200818.882@advtech.uswest.com> ltp@uswest.com (Halfman-Halfmachine) writes:
- >
- >|>And isn`t THAT a pisser! It seems to me that if the Christian fund-
- >|>amentalists, Mormans, or whoever, want to play the political game, and
- >|>have the ability to propose changes to the state constitution, then
- >|>they should also pay taxes like everyone else. Isn't the Catholic
- ......etc.
- >
- >The same could be said of organizations like Greenpeace, and People for
- >the American Way.
- >
- >Do you oppose tax free status for all groups, or only those whose message
- >you don't like?
-
- Um, well. There is a big difference in tax status between Greenpeace
- and Pat Robertson's church. The latter is not just non-profit, it is
- TAX-EXEMPT, a status reserved for *non-political* organizations (but
- somehow churches tend to slip through the definition). Any
- organization can be formed which is non-profit -- and which, hence,
- will not pay taxes -- even if it specifically lobbies for a particular
- bill or candidate. But only a few organizations like Pat Robertson's
- have tax-exempt status such that the government reimburses citizens
- with tax-credit for donating to them.
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