[geeks] Re: Taxes

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: Andrew Weiss <ajwdsp at cloud9.net>
> Date: 2004/04/18 Sun PM 03:35:23 GMT
> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: [geeks] Re: Taxes


> Corporations use the roads.

And guy that bought the truck paid taxes on it.
The guy that drives pays taxes on his income, taxes on the tires and fuel that fund the roads.
 
> They use the postal service.

The postal service is not funded by the Gov't (ot the taxes they collect) - they had a big debate about getting a .com pr .gov domain, since both apply...

> They use electricity.

Fron the public utility (not run or subsidised, except for the preservation/protection of their monopoly by the Gov't.)

> There's plenty of stuff they use... it doesn't match what 
> the civilian populace uses... but you know ... they use more things 
> total than a single individual does and these things should be a 
> mandatory part of the cost of doing business.

None of the things you mention are "given" to corporations without payment, so it is a cost of doing business.
 
> There should be no way for a corporation to creatively avoid these 
> charges.

Aside from refusing to pay their bills or declare bankruptcy, they can't - and by the way, those same rights are afforded to individuals, so they are really getting anything special...