Reply #108: They use taxpayer resources. We all use, we all pay [View All]

[blueworld]

I'm not an authority, but businesses only pay taxes on their "profits". They're given many more tax deductions than we are. Yet they often use more of the taxpayer resources than individuals do. First responders like firemen, for example. And some cause widespread harm in areas far away (acid rain & eastward air quality issues) that burden taxpayers in other states.

They frequently get additional tax breaks in "home" areas desperate to attract employment, and yet unfortunately cause traffic congestion or truck traffic (wear & tear on roads etc.) as part of the equation. Not to mention air & water pollution, extra police patrols and so on.

I think it's simply a matter of paying for the government resources we all use. Unfairly distributed to be sure, but that's the idea. Now I hope to see in my lifetime a corporation that actually pays anything remotely near their "tax rate".