View source for Exempted, not vindicated - 1993-11-21

<div class="hnews hentry item">[[File:f15.png]] '''<span class="url entry-title">[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/51798446.html?dids=51798446:51798446&FMT=FT Exempted, not vindicated]</span>''' <span class="updated">November 21, 1993</span>, <span class="author vcard">Editorial, <span class="org organization-name">St. Petersburg Times</span></span>
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<span class="entry-content">[[:Category:David Miscavige|David Miscavige]], chairman of the board for Scientology's "[[:Category:Religious Technology Center|Religious Technology Center]]," said recently that the [[:Category:IRS|IRS]] decision to grant his corporate empire a tax exemption was "a major victory for us." He added: "We were under siege. . . . Now we've been vindicated."

His smugness aside, the business of Scientology, which is to sell vulnerable people counseling services at rates up to $800 an hour, was not vindicated by the U.S. [[:Category:Internal Revenue Service|Internal Revenue Service]]. It was merely exempted from taxation.</span>
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