Tax exemption is a public subsidy funded by other taxpayers

Evidence

Such casuistry, however, ignores a crucial fact: Tax exemption is a form of public subsidy. Churches and other nonprofit organizations are required to pay no taxes (other than Social Security tax on wages), which means that taxpaying citizens make up the difference for everything from parks and police protection to national defense. — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith, 109

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• XREF: connects to: Tax exemption functions as a hidden public subsidy for churches — Randall Balmer, Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the…, 111

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