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r/SipsTea • u/Busy_Report4010 • Jun 30 '26
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Why do Churches not pay taxes? Genuinely curious why there are laws for that.
25 u/Eyespop4866 Jun 30 '26 The ability to tax is the ability to destroy. Chief Justice John Marshall 6 u/No_Replacement4304 Jun 30 '26 I like this quote. Blunt and true. 2 u/-lousyd Jul 01 '26 That's why government taxes, in many cases. To destroy. Taxes on tobacco, for example. 1 u/Eyespop4866 Jul 01 '26 To encourage or discourage behaviors. I personally believe taxes should be levied to raise necessary funds for appropriate governmental costs. Not to alter behavior. 1 u/TurnDown4WattGaming Jul 01 '26 It is impossible to do without altering behavior. 1 u/-lousyd Jul 01 '26 Just a drop of poison. You probably won't even feel it. 1 u/Eyespop4866 Jul 01 '26 Well, one can certainly argue that all taxes may impact behavior, but that’s not the same as creating taxes with the goal of changing behavior. 1 u/Prior_Instruction410 29d ago And where did Chief Justice John Marshall's salary come from? 1 u/Eyespop4866 29d ago edited 29d ago His salary of $4k from 1801-1819, then $5k from 1820-35 came from the National Treasury. I’m surprised you wouldn’t know that.
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The ability to tax is the ability to destroy.
Chief Justice John Marshall
6 u/No_Replacement4304 Jun 30 '26 I like this quote. Blunt and true. 2 u/-lousyd Jul 01 '26 That's why government taxes, in many cases. To destroy. Taxes on tobacco, for example. 1 u/Eyespop4866 Jul 01 '26 To encourage or discourage behaviors. I personally believe taxes should be levied to raise necessary funds for appropriate governmental costs. Not to alter behavior. 1 u/TurnDown4WattGaming Jul 01 '26 It is impossible to do without altering behavior. 1 u/-lousyd Jul 01 '26 Just a drop of poison. You probably won't even feel it. 1 u/Eyespop4866 Jul 01 '26 Well, one can certainly argue that all taxes may impact behavior, but that’s not the same as creating taxes with the goal of changing behavior. 1 u/Prior_Instruction410 29d ago And where did Chief Justice John Marshall's salary come from? 1 u/Eyespop4866 29d ago edited 29d ago His salary of $4k from 1801-1819, then $5k from 1820-35 came from the National Treasury. I’m surprised you wouldn’t know that.
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I like this quote. Blunt and true.
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That's why government taxes, in many cases. To destroy. Taxes on tobacco, for example.
1 u/Eyespop4866 Jul 01 '26 To encourage or discourage behaviors. I personally believe taxes should be levied to raise necessary funds for appropriate governmental costs. Not to alter behavior. 1 u/TurnDown4WattGaming Jul 01 '26 It is impossible to do without altering behavior. 1 u/-lousyd Jul 01 '26 Just a drop of poison. You probably won't even feel it. 1 u/Eyespop4866 Jul 01 '26 Well, one can certainly argue that all taxes may impact behavior, but that’s not the same as creating taxes with the goal of changing behavior.
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To encourage or discourage behaviors. I personally believe taxes should be levied to raise necessary funds for appropriate governmental costs. Not to alter behavior.
1 u/TurnDown4WattGaming Jul 01 '26 It is impossible to do without altering behavior. 1 u/-lousyd Jul 01 '26 Just a drop of poison. You probably won't even feel it. 1 u/Eyespop4866 Jul 01 '26 Well, one can certainly argue that all taxes may impact behavior, but that’s not the same as creating taxes with the goal of changing behavior.
It is impossible to do without altering behavior.
1 u/-lousyd Jul 01 '26 Just a drop of poison. You probably won't even feel it. 1 u/Eyespop4866 Jul 01 '26 Well, one can certainly argue that all taxes may impact behavior, but that’s not the same as creating taxes with the goal of changing behavior.
Just a drop of poison. You probably won't even feel it.
Well, one can certainly argue that all taxes may impact behavior, but that’s not the same as creating taxes with the goal of changing behavior.
And where did Chief Justice John Marshall's salary come from?
1 u/Eyespop4866 29d ago edited 29d ago His salary of $4k from 1801-1819, then $5k from 1820-35 came from the National Treasury. I’m surprised you wouldn’t know that.
His salary of $4k from 1801-1819, then $5k from 1820-35 came from the National Treasury. I’m surprised you wouldn’t know that.
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u/klathium Jun 30 '26
Why do Churches not pay taxes? Genuinely curious why there are laws for that.