[89569] in Cypherpunks
Re: church of crypto anarchy (Re: Taxing Churches for their views? Bad idea. (fwd)) (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Back)
Thu Nov 6 08:26:29 1997
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 08:52:15 GMT
From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
To: ravage@ssz.com
CC: cypherpunks@ssz.com
In-reply-to: <199711060135.TAA22071@einstein.ssz.com> (message from Jim Choate
on Wed, 5 Nov 1997 19:35:52 -0600 (CST))
Reply-To: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com> writes:
> Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
> > Seems to me that the distinction that churches are exempt from taxes
> > partly hinges on their non-profit, or not-for-profit status.
>
> No, it stems from the fundamental democratic axiom of seperation of church
> and state. If the churches pay taxes they aren't seperate.
I pay taxes, I am separated from the state.
> If the state supports churches they aren't seperate.
If the state doesn't tax churches they are subsidizing them relative
to other sorts of organisations. This is surely a form of support.
Adam
