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To: TimF who wrote (24352)8/21/2012 7:01:25 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 85487
 
<<Not charging someone, isn't funding them. An argument could be made that they should be charged (not that I'd agree, as it reduces freedom of religion and the separation of church and state), but even if you assume they should be charged, they still are not funded by the government.>.

They use the social services the rest of us pay for with our taxes.



To: TimF who wrote (24352)8/21/2012 7:19:36 PM
From: Steve Lokness  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 85487
 
<<<<<Not charging someone, isn't funding them>>>

Do they not receive the same benefits that government provides as the people do? If a church in the west for instance turns on their lights - they receive the benefits of Bonneville WITHOUT contributing to that part of the cost picked up by the taxpayer.


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