Don’t suppose we could force the Amish to run their horses on gas so they can’t get out of paying gas taxes anymore. LOL
It comes down to the Amish being unwilling to allow rubber tires on vehicles out of their application of pridefulness to such. Which, IMO, is misguided, as it would resolve the conflict and they are highly selective of application of technology as it is - IMO they are simply being stubborn when they could resolve the problem rather easily in a manner that would not require more taxes on their part or anyone else’s part. But their decisions are costing local goverments money in paving costs, which are not insignificant.
I grew up in a church that was a direct off shoot of the Mennonite church, all the same beliefs, except not plain, so no anti-government self sufficiency, either. The earliest mention that I can find of my mother’s family was the sale of a farm in the heart of Amish country in 1740 and the hill where the farm was located still bears the family name. I suspect that the ancestor left the Amish beliefs when he sold the farm.