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- From: p00168@psilink.com (James F. Tims)
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- Subject: Re: Religious Taxation (was: Madeleine Murray O'Hare)
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:46:57 GMT
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- >FROM: Norman R. Paterson <nrp@st-andrews.ac.uk>
- >
- >In article <7H1wXB1w165w@circle.raleigh.nc.us> lance@Circle.Raleigh.NC.US (Lance A. Brown) writes:
- >>emd@oneb.almanac.bc.ca writes:
- >>
- >>> > Lance A. Brown (lance@Circle.Raleigh.NC.US) wrote:
- >>> > : This point has been covered before. Succinctly, the power to tax an
- >>> > : organization is a power to destroy it. I agree that churches should pay
- >
- >...
- >
- >I don't think that the problem is that the power to tax is the power to destroy
- >- in fact, quite the reverse. If you start to tax religious organisations, then
- >they will be justified in claiming representation (no taxation without ...).
- >This will lead to churches lobbying government, and that is the problem. The
- >-Norman
-
- Good point. I had forgotten that one!
-
- -jim
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