Churches vs. The Wealthy vs. Cities. Who wins?

I see that financially strapped cities have started to charge nonprofits including churches "fees." The fees, of course, are a euphemism for the "T" word. Being an atheist, I, of course, can't see one reason why churches aren't taxed. There's no reason why we should give people incentives to become ministers and found congregation, or found cults and splinter sects. Can't qualify to be an Anglican Minister and get paid tax-free? Why then, just splinter off and make yourself the leader of your own church. The qualifications for cult leader are always low.

So, now cities can't run anymore without raising further revenue because we've decided that the rich are too valuable to tax that much, and we long decided that churches are too valuable to tax at all. Never mind a billionaire can raise a family of 4 for 8,000 years without making another dollar (that's a conservative estimate). I'll admit that's an insane observation, but so is the amount of money they are commanding. Is there going to be dollars in 8,000 years? Is there going to be a United States? So, now cities have to break that other cardinal rule, that's not really a rule but just a joke we made up one day that nobody got, and now it's a "tradition."

Interesting, though, if it ends up that the cities can't tax churches and the Federal government can't tax the wealthy, what is going to become of our cities and municipalities, or even our state governments? It looks like we're going to get what conservatives have wanted: a starved government at all levels. Apparently enough tea partiers and others have been taken in by arguments that this is a good thing. It will be an educational experience for US citizens, but of those who survive the educating, let's see how happy they are.

Let's see if Ayn Rand's fantasy novels work out well in real life. I don't think it will, and I believe we will sacrifice our country to find out. When people wake up and find that they've done this, they should blame the likes of Grover Norquist, George W. Bush and finally, Ronald Reagan.