[Vision2020] Religion is Business
Luke
lukenieuwsma@softhome.net
Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:54:54 -0700
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C361C4.00877EF0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mr. Danahy:
Charity organizations such as churches and food banks receive so =
that they may give out. Businesses receive so that they may sell, so =
that they may receive again. The latter is legally taxable, and ought to =
be; it seems quite clear that the former should be exempt.
Sincerely and respectfully,
Luke Nieuwsma
----- Original Message -----=20
From: John Danahy=20
To: Vision2020=20
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 10:25 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Religion is Business
Religion, as we currently know it, must be recognized as a business. =
It should be considered the same as any other business. Religion (yes =
Nate, all religions) sells a product, a particular belief structure. It =
can be started by anyone, and its success measured. It can be a small =
as any mom and pop store or as large and many faceted as any =
multi-national conglomerate. It should be taxed like any other =
business, helping to support the community. Consider how much lower the =
property tax burden would be for all of us in this community if =
religions were taxed as the businesses they are. The time has truly come =
to end special rights for religions, and treat them as any other venture =
in our community.
John
jdanahy@turbonet.com
------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C361C4.00877EF0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Diso-8859-1">
<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=3DGENERATOR>
<STYLE>@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in =
1.25in; }
P.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"
}
LI.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"
}
DIV.MsoNormal {
FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"
}
A:link {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlink {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
A:visited {
COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {
COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
SPAN.EmailStyle17 {
FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-STYLE: normal; =
FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none
}
DIV.Section1 {
page: Section1
}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY lang=3DEN-US vLink=3Dpurple link=3Dblue bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mr. Danahy:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Charity =
organizations such as=20
churches and food banks receive so that they may give out. =
Businesses=20
receive so that they may sell, so that they may receive again. The=20
latter is legally taxable, and ought to be; it seems quite clear =
that the=20
former should be exempt.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sincerely and =
respectfully,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Luke Nieuwsma</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Djdanahy@turbonet.com =
href=3D"mailto:jdanahy@turbonet.com">John=20
Danahy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dvision2020@moscow.com=20
href=3D"mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 12, 2003 =
10:25=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Religion =
is=20
Business</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=3DSection1>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Religion, as we =
currently know it,=20
must be recognized as a business. It should be considered the =
same as=20
any other business. Religion (yes Nate, all religions) sells a =
product,=20
a particular belief structure. It can be started by anyone, and =
its=20
success measured. It can be a small as any mom and pop store or =
as large=20
and many faceted as any multi-national conglomerate. It should =
be taxed=20
like any other business, helping to support the community. =
Consider how=20
much lower the property tax burden would be for all of us in this =
community if=20
religions were taxed as the businesses they are. The time has truly =
come to=20
end special rights for religions, and treat them as any other venture =
in our=20
community.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">John</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A=20
=
href=3D"mailto:jdanahy@turbonet.com">jdanahy@turbonet.com</A></SPAN></FON=
T></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C361C4.00877EF0--