I’d Like Tax Exempt Status

Every man, in truth, is his own little cosmos of philosophical notions, charitable activity and research interests. If a church or an unchurch deserves a tax exemption, why, then, don’t you and I? If taking tax money from a church were to limit its power to work for good, how much more does the dent in your paycheque limit your personal power to change the world? Ah, but if we didn’t tax personal income, the government wouldn’t have enough revenue to pay for our hyperefficient health-care system, our mighty national defence, our superbly managed fisheries and our brilliant diplomatic corps. Forget I brought it up.

Colby Cosh writing about Canada’s newest tax exempt organization, the Humanist Association of Toronto.

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