| I understand where this comes from, but this line of reasoning tends to be very disingenuous. I don't blame businesses for taxing advantage of our tax system (I would too), but I don't think they should be able to. You can be an advocate for ending something while also taking advantage of it. There are a multitude of complicating factors and a business, just like a state, is going to prioritize itself before others (put your oxygen mask on first before assisting others). This is highly political as well. These states already give more to the federal government than they take, and the states on the opposite end of the spectrum are also the states that fight against federal taxes entirely (which is some special form of irony). This isn't a case where leading by example is going to inspire change (a billionaire voluntarily paying more taxes isn't going to either). Leadership in Mississippi isn't going to look to California and say "wow they're really walking the walk" and start paying more federal tax. You can extend this to just about anything if your goal is to be nothing but a total shitheel. Do you believe in Democracy? Well guess where most of your computer components were manufactured! In countries without democracy. Guess you must hate freedom. Do you think the US would be smart to denuclearize first to set an example for other countries? Would you die for that belief? |