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Yes. And we should eliminate nonprofits entirely: 1. Churches, hospitals et al should all pay taxes just as do other corporations. They are built on the same s

Yes. And we should eliminate nonprofits entirely: 1. Churches, hospitals et al should all pay taxes just as do other corporations. They are built on the same social structure as other entities, have the same protection of government and benefit from the social system. I pay; so should they. 2. Campaign Finance Reform: Secondly, laws should be changed so that corporations are no longer "persons". That is Citizens_United_v._FEC should be revoked.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC Then only real people and not corporations could put money into campaigns/politics. Otherwise, in the near future (if not already) people will cease to be true participants.

NegativeK 3y ago
> I pay; so should they. I feel like that's oversimplifying the distinction between a non-profit and us? If we donate all of our income to charity, we don't pay taxes. That's because taxes are used to incentivize and disincentivize specific behaviors. We, as a society, want cheaper healthcare for people -- especially those who can't afford it. That means incentivizing hospitals (via tax) to help those people. I'm up for a removing non-profit status from hospitals if we otherwise pay for people's healthcare, but nobody really seems to be making progress there. (I'm not addressing your comments on campaign finance because I agree with you that it's broken and I think it's off-topic for this thread.)
carlosjobim 3y ago
> I pay; so should they. They don't pay and neither should you. Why is it that when people are oppressed, their biggest desire is never to be free, but to see others suffer the same as them?
- giardini 3y ago
  b/c taxation of citizens by a government has, in most cases, proven to be necessary. I don't view that as necessarily oppressive. I'm just saying "everyone should pay". And given a choice between no government and government I would usually prefer a government.

NegativeK 3y ago

> I pay; so should they. I feel like that's oversimplifying the distinction between a non-profit and us? If we donate all of our income to charity, we don't pay taxes. That's because taxes are used to incentivize and disincentivize specific behaviors. We, as a society, want cheaper healthcare for people -- especially those who can't afford it. That means incentivizing hospitals (via tax) to help those people. I'm up for a removing non-profit status from hospitals if we otherwise pay for people's healthcare, but nobody really seems to be making progress there. (I'm not addressing your comments on campaign finance because I agree with you that it's broken and I think it's off-topic for this thread.)

carlosjobim 3y ago

> I pay; so should they. They don't pay and neither should you. Why is it that when people are oppressed, their biggest desire is never to be free, but to see others suffer the same as them?

giardini 3y ago
b/c taxation of citizens by a government has, in most cases, proven to be necessary. I don't view that as necessarily oppressive. I'm just saying "everyone should pay". And given a choice between no government and government I would usually prefer a government.