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Diclotican

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2. cosmicone

Fri Feb 28, 2014, 05:29 AM

Feb 2014

cosmicone

I think it is far more than just The Vatican who have not been paying its taxes on its properties... By the way - even as The Vatican is a state in its own right - outside the State limits - it is the Italian government who "Own" the different Churches and monasteries, as Italia, when it was founded in the 1800s - more or less took over the whole property of the then Vatican State, who was far larger than the current Vatican...

So, I believe, from my knowledge that it is many others who also have not being paying its fair share of taxes on the properties they own - and more secular also...

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It is because Vatican pays no taxes on any of its properties. cosmicone Feb 2014 #1

cosmicone Diclotican Feb 2014 #2

Vatican City is it's own province yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #4

Not even that... it's its own country. FBaggins Feb 2014 #5

I may have known that at one time yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #6

I know Vatican is an independent UN member state cosmicone Feb 2014 #7

To be fair, I'm sure the Vatican is a big economic attraction for Rome. phleshdef Feb 2014 #12

Are you kidding? cosmicone Feb 2014 #21

The Vatican (Holy See) is not a UN member KamaAina Feb 2014 #20

Thank you.. I stand corrected. n/t cosmicone Feb 2014 #22

Interesting item from the article... tomm2thumbs Feb 2014 #3

as once a tourist to Rome, I would have gladly paid an additional tax. it's a beautiful city. nt Javaman Feb 2014 #8

yup and I suppose it is the case already tomm2thumbs Feb 2014 #15

I am sure that the tourists sabbat hunter Feb 2014 #13

exactly... sounded like sour grapes of some other kind tomm2thumbs Feb 2014 #14

Rome has been a tourist attraction for millennia Retrograde Feb 2014 #17

The story is woefully lacking in details and context Kelvin Mace Feb 2014 #9

I would suspect it is both. Throd Feb 2014 #10

Ditto elleng Feb 2014 #11

Not to mention the fact that sabbat hunter Feb 2014 #16

Finance and fashion are more associated with Milano alcibiades_mystery Mar 2014 #25

Wow. I hope things don't get as bad as Detroit is now. Pterodactyl Feb 2014 #18

Well Rome already has ruins... Lodestar Feb 2014 #23

Zing! Pterodactyl Feb 2014 #24

I can just picture it. JDPriestly Feb 2014 #19

Will Rome be forced to sell its art, like Detroit? CTyankee Mar 2014 #26