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Bill: Taxation of Mega Churches
Details
Submitted by[?]: Peoples Revolutionary Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 2139
Description[?]:
| In the recent years, Mega Churches have been seen pulling in large amounts of wealth and have been excempt from paying taxes for such. In respect to the everyday man this bill impose a graduated Income Tax rate of 25% to 30% of the Churches yearly income. Churches that make less then $40,000 a year are excempt from paying the graduated Income Tax and are only reqired to pay a lesser tax of 5% Current laws on Taxation of religious institutions. No religions are taxed. New law: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change
Taxation of religious institutions.
Old value:: No religions are taxed.
Current: Religions are treated as companies, and all profit is taxed, however, charitable donations are not taxed.
Proposed: All religious income, despite the use, is taxed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:24:46, November 08, 2005 CET | From |  First Socialist Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | No. |
| Date | 18:54:09, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Peoples Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | A simple no, i dont see how this could be seen as unfair. I mean Churches do make lots of money, and while the majority of it i used for charity and bills, there is that exceptional amount that goes into funds that are questionable at best. Why not make them pay a tax just like everyone else so that the tax burden wont be left just on the working class. |
| Date | 21:52:38, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | This is a difficult topic for our party. While we are against ALL taxes, we are secularist and against religion being given an advantage over other industries. Therefore while ideally we would vote against this, as long as taxes do exist in this country we are tempted to level the playing field and accept this motion. However we are still open to persuasion on this issue. |
| Date | 21:59:02, November 08, 2005 CET | From | Peoples Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | I understand your concern. And hope that when this goes up for vote in the next day or two that I will also gain your support there as well. My party is also secular, we allow the people to decide what is best for there own lives and we do not interfer in there right to choose, but my party is also Socialist and a bit Communist therefore we cannot allow them to think that they can get away without having to pay a small tax. The money from this tax can help lower the tax rate to even smaller amounts for the everyday people. In a way this does bring your goal of no taxes closer to happening. |
| Date | 01:59:46, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Democratic-Republican Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | The Roman-Republican Party Is unsure what to say about this resolution. |
| Date | 05:26:14, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Peoples Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | I understand your view on this. But its not an attack against the churches of this nation, its an attempt to aquire funds from a sourse to pay for the developement of are nations infastructure and also to reduce the taxes on the people. This is not intended to cause ill will with the Religious people, its simply an attempt to make life easier by allowing those that have pay more then those that have not. |
| Date | 21:48:30, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | After careful consideration, and examination of our Libertarian principles we have decided to vote against this motion. While we understand the sentiments behind it we feel it would be a total betrayal ot our Libertarian ideals to vote for any motion that increases state sponsored theft. |
| Date | 21:52:27, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Peoples Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | Even if those taxes are used to benifit the living conditions of the people? |
| Date | 22:47:26, November 09, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | Tax is state sponsored theft and we consider all theft lillegal and immoral. If a person was to kidnap and forcibly prostitute women in America and use the profits to finance a hospice in Mombai it is still an immoral and repugnant transaction. |
| Date | 21:49:59, November 10, 2005 CET | From | Peoples Revolutionary Party | To | Debating the Taxation of Mega Churches |
| Message | ...I think thats a totally different circumstance. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 249 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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