Tax reform should reduce taxes, not be revenue neutral.

In more current times, I see no effort to pull the tax exempt status of the church with which Reverend Jesse Jackson is affiliated. This extremist behavior needs to be nipped in the bud. It is no coincidence that the citizens who are hurt by this flagrant disregard of the law are the people who oppose the liberal, big-government, socialist ideas being promoted by these tax-exempt pseudo churches. If another articulates a shared belief then borrow that post. If you had read my post rather than just making stuff up, you would know that I'm not for taking the tax-exempt status away from most churches, just those that abuse it. Unlike you I don't pretend to be a higher judge than god himself, but I can't imagine he smiles upon your ilk.

Until someone addresses this point, I am afraid that the promises of the Fair Tax Plan are just so much arm-waving. This memo contains nothing more than very ordinary and common references to ordinary and common fundraising strategies; strategies which are used by all parties and office holders. For me, as soon as churches are willing to pay their fair share of taxes or other political organizations are granted the same tax exempt status as churches I don't care where Phill Kline raises money. No surprise that Kline is exploiting churches for political goals. Further, from now on, these pseudo churches should have to start paying property taxes on their buildings just like any other organization that uses its building for political purposes. In the memo, Kline also provides detailed instructions to his staff on how to maximize his schedule and efforts to get more campaign funds. Tax reform should reduce taxes, not be revenue neutral. Those who support mainstream candidates have to pay taxes on their political contributions, while those who support theocratic socialists like Philll Kline or Jim Ryun can receive a tax-exemption.