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> One thing everyone forgets is that the Amish people benefit from police and national defence, like everyone else. Leaving aside the dubious benefits of polic
by RunSet 3y ago
> One thing everyone forgets is that the Amish people benefit from police and national defence, like everyone else.
Leaving aside the dubious benefits of police, Amish pay the same taxes as everyone else- with the exception of Social Security and workers' compensation, which they pay through their church. Those taxes entitle the Amish to their share of the national defense buff.
https://marketrealist.com/p/do-amish-pay-taxes/ https://marketrealist.com/p/do-amish-pay-taxes/
> This means they aren’t truly independent. They’re dependent in a way they could never afford to pay for themselves.
That would seem to describe most, if not all, citizens of contemporary societies. Could you name someone who you consider truly independent? As the saying goes, "No man is an island."
- bigfudge 3y agoThis is only partly true. By opting out of most of the financial system and deliberately living on small normal incomes. They will pay very little tax and certainly not enough to pay for investment and healthcare national infrastructure projects which effectively underwrite the income they get from outside their communities. There’s no free lunch here. They do benefit from things they could not afford if they lived isolated from the mainstream US economy
- mantas 3y agoNot aiming for $$$ is literally tax avoidance!