There's a core branch of US government called the "judicial branch" who purpose is to provide an avenue for citizens to "dispute the law" as you put it.
In this particular case, the question is whether fractional ownership constitutes private or commercial aviation as each is taxed differently. The federal government contends that fractional ownership is commercial while I and others would say its private. On Mar 12, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:348432 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
