>cause me to pay more in taxes so you can indulge in such a pastime or industry.<
If you want to use that argument, I can point to any number of sports activities that cost me lots of tax money that I get absolutely nothing out of.
Let’s start with high school football, basketball, soccer, cheerleading, etc, etc, etc. I don’t play ball sports nor do I watch the boring things. I do, however, participate in dog shows, obedience and rally trials and I participate in holding canine agility trials. How much in tax money do we pay for ballfields, their maintenance, and the loss of tax revenue if their real estate were to be put back in the hands of private developers?
Why should I and my fellow dog enthusiasts, who are not commercial breeders, be taxed for a fare thee well in order for parents and their kiddies to have their sports?? Because the local town has to pay some dawg catcher a little more than minimum wage you want to legislate those of us who choose a different sport out of existence?
Immanuel Kant is spinning in his grave.
>and the loss of tax revenue if their real estate were to be put back in the hands of private developers?<
Should read, how much tax revenue would we gain if their real estate were to be put back in the hands of private developers?
Oh give me a break. You’re seriously trying to equate your sloppy business practices to school funding? Just control your “industry” and ensure that my community isn’t on the short end of the stick.