You're right, we should all dispute the law and refuse to pay. Oh wait, we'd get thrown in jail.
What about Berkshire itself? $1 billion in taxes it refused to pay going back to 2002? . On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It actually isn't his opportunity in any way, nor does it have anything to do > with him personally. > > FYI, here's how corporations work here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_(business) > > If you read up on that you will likely discover your error. > > In short, Berkshire is a public company owned by shareholders which also > happens to own NetJets - a combination of 3 companies, 4 including their > European affiliate. Mr Buffet, as a public corporate officer, is legally > obligated to provide value to his shareholders including fighting grey laws > such as this one. > > Beyond that The NetJet companies operate subject to state and federal by-laws > which were in turn created by the legislators and voters. > > Hopefully this starts to give you an understanding of how business governance > works and it's separation from the individual. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348421 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
