earthscienceman says>"It's going to go against the grain at hackernews, but taxing churches in the US is a terrible idea.< I fail to see why. All financial de

earthscienceman says>"It's going to go against the grain at hackernews, but taxing churches in the US is a terrible idea.< I fail to see why. All financial dealings of churches go unaudited. They should be subject to annual open public audit, at the least. I think they should be taxed as any other corporate entity. They frequently compete with normal corporations and should be given no preference. As it is they pay neither federal nor local taxes in most jurisdictions, if not all. BTW I'm very conservative. My inclination would be to do what the British and the French did centuries ago - confiscate all the properties of the churches.