Montreal is taxing churches (2017)

Re:Montreal is taxing churches (2017) by danielheath on Sunday July 26, 2020 @04:41AM (#23955494)

I’m pretty fiercely atheist, but the churches around me are where the local homeless get food and a reprieve from the cold. If you closed that today and diverted the money to a secular replacement, there would be a pile of bodies by the time it was operating.

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Re:Montreal is taxing churches (2017) by LadyCailin on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @07:14AM (#23974499)

No there wouldn’t. Not if it’s government driven (as it should be)

> Those in favor of lower taxes have argued that individuals are more capable than the government of allocating money to important causes, including people in need of assistance. But the study found that was not true. Donations do not match government assistance, and without tax money, social services are not funded as robustly.

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/republicans-give-more-to-char...

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Re:Montreal is taxing churches (2017) by Galaxeblaffer on Sunday July 26, 2020 @06:56PM (#23960805)

You don't find it strange that so many people are homeless ?

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