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0 pointsDiederich8y ago0 comments

I get your argument, but consider this.

Corporations generate activity that taxes support, such as the use of roads. That's really what it comes down to I think.

> or else government would be even more beholden to coporations instead of citizens

This is a real problem...perhaps one of the biggest problems we face, and I really don't have any reasonable ideas on how to fix it.

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chrischen8y ago

> Corporations generate activity that taxes support, such as the use of roads. That's really what it comes down to I think.

For roads specifically, if a corporation causes increased usage of roads from say, more employees, the employees already pay for it through their personal income taxes (off of salary). If it's a trucking company, then there are weigh stations that weigh these commercial users and charge them extra for road maintenance.

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