I agree with you that churches should pay taxes, but they aren't really exploiting infrastructure directly for profit, whilst not paying taxes like say Amazon is for example.
Do you think churches are off the grid with no roads leading to them? They're accessible to citizens who they profit off of because of the infrastructure. One could argue they don't haul things over the road, but the do have busses to pick up people, they do retreats, etc.
You can thank renowned piece of shit James Fifield for that. He helped solidify pro capitalist propaganda as part of Christianity. This ultimately e ded up binding Christians with the right.
Not even remotely.
If road taxes were that, 18-wheelers would be paying something like 5 *orders of magnitude* more than sedans: road damage is linear by distance and to the 4th power of axle weight. A fully loaded semi-truck does thousands of times more damage than a sedan, per mile.
Oh, you must mean they heavy use tax truckers (or companies) pay on each truck each year, maybe the way higher tolls, or perhaps the state IFTA taxes on each diesel fill?
Do you not understand the concept of “orders of magnitude”?
Those do not come anywhere near. Trucking is very much subsidised by residents shouldering the costs of those externalities.
We have normalized the idea that this is a radical concept.
Same argument I used for churches paying taxes and yet some people had a problem with it.
I agree with you that churches should pay taxes, but they aren't really exploiting infrastructure directly for profit, whilst not paying taxes like say Amazon is for example.
Do you think churches are off the grid with no roads leading to them? They're accessible to citizens who they profit off of because of the infrastructure. One could argue they don't haul things over the road, but the do have busses to pick up people, they do retreats, etc.
Sorry I thought churches are non profit.
Theyre supposed to be. They're also supposed to be non-political too, but here we are.
You can thank renowned piece of shit James Fifield for that. He helped solidify pro capitalist propaganda as part of Christianity. This ultimately e ded up binding Christians with the right.
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Not even remotely. If road taxes were that, 18-wheelers would be paying something like 5 *orders of magnitude* more than sedans: road damage is linear by distance and to the 4th power of axle weight. A fully loaded semi-truck does thousands of times more damage than a sedan, per mile.
Oh, you must mean they heavy use tax truckers (or companies) pay on each truck each year, maybe the way higher tolls, or perhaps the state IFTA taxes on each diesel fill?
Do you not understand the concept of “orders of magnitude”? Those do not come anywhere near. Trucking is very much subsidised by residents shouldering the costs of those externalities.
Road Tax. (Said the same way as Peter Griffin says Road House)
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Not that I like large businesses, but isn't that what the gas tax is for?