Quote Originally Posted by khronik
Corporations do have some rights and some special rights, but they also have special liabilities too. Saying corporations have NO rights is even more wrong.
Name a "right" that a business has.


My dad is a dairy farmer and uses gas for his tractor. Because he's not using the roads when he uses this gas, he gets all the taxes he pays on gas as a refund at the end of the year.
From who... fed or state?


He was saying that higher income taxes would make them go out of business. This can't be true, because income tax is based on profit. So therefore, they only pay income taxes if they are profitable.
This may technically true, but it sure is not worth the time and risk involved. There still may be some profit left after the gov't steals what they want, but working 60+hrs/wk for next to nuthin aint worth it.