I meant that corporations do not become feasible until government matures enough to provide the infrastructure they depend on. Legal, police, fire (some of my taxes go to volunteer fire dept.), roads and laws to make trade possible. Since they are legal entities making income, it is logical to tax them. To try to give them a free ride would make serfs of people of regular means. Have you thought about what goes into all of these government services (federal, state and local)?
Thank you, Mark Snyder -----Original Message----- You make several unsupported or undefined assumptions below: 1. Modern business depends on modern government. Please define these terms? The limited liability corporation dates to at least the 16th century, possibly before. When do you date the beginnings of "modern government"? What is a "Modern business"? 2. "It is Government that provides police protections and other > infrastructure required by all of us." > This statement seems to imply that all infrastructure that is > required comes from government. That is demonstrably no so to > anyone who has used a telephone or been served by a volunteer fire > company for instance. In any event, we must be careful not to > conflate required with desired. 3. If corporations pay less, then the rest of us must pay for it, or subsidize them. All corporate income comes from the customer base (read "the rest of us"), we pay all taxes, directly or indirectly. Corporations have two choices over the long term - pass on all costs to their customers, and taxation is a cost, or loose money until the capital investment is gone and then cease business. Matthew On Aug 20, 2008, at 2:21 PM, Snyder, Mark (IT CIV) wrote: > Modern business (corporations, etc.) is possible because of modern > government. It is Government that provides police protections and > other > infrastructure required by all of us. The only way for all of us to > have these is to pay for them. If corporations pay less, then the > rest > of us must pay for it, or subsidize them. > > I am not willing to cover the tax obligations of others, especially > large corporations. > > ************************************************************************ * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ************************************************************************ * ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
