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Tax the Churches and Give the Revenue to Hungry Children

by HANK PELLISSIER December 12, 2011.

Print: Institute for Ethics in Emerging Technology

Article discusses the tax exemption status of religion in the USA and in European nations; detailing the wide variety of financial opportunities that the clerics enjoy and exploit. The financial loss in revenue to the nations is calculated, and the conclusion opines that the money would gained would be useful in alleviating hunger and improving education.