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"That the power to tax involves the power to destroy" https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=3816&context=mulr
by smitty1e 3y ago
"That the power to tax involves the power to destroy"
https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=3816&context=mulr https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?re...
- brazzy 3y agoThat is not an answer to my question.
- smitty1e 3y agoSuch power will be abused, if recent history is any guide.
- brazzy 3y agoEven if that were more than a meaningless platitude, why do churches need to be protected against that more than everyone else?
- smitty1e 3y agoChurches/Mosques/Synagogues/Temples are the source of moral glue holding society together. The ongoing societal cratering about us will only be hastened by levying taxes on them. But perhaps that's the goal?
- brazzy 3y agoThe "ongoing societal cratering" is led by the most vocally religious people. Religious institutions may be some kind of glue, but certainly not a moral one.