To: Chad Fairbanks
Quit playing the stupid as a rock roll. It's not flattering to you. State businesses pay income taxes to the state which are used to support schools and all other state intrests. The casinos are exempt from that due to the agreements. We've both agree that should be looked at, so let's leave it at that.
To: DoughtyOne
OK... makes sense. Now, tell me though - does the state pay for infrastructure on the reservation? Does it pay for schools, healthcare, roads, sewer, power, water, etc... on the reservations? Or do the tribes pay that themselves?
I also seem to notice that the tribes pay for maintenance and upgrading of any state infrastructure that is effected by the casinos.
Based on that, Idont' see how the state has a reasonable claim for the casinos to pay business taxes to the state - the individual tribal members already pay state income taxes.
Maybe we all need for details on this...
120 posted on
10/03/2003 10:27:28 AM PDT by
Chad Fairbanks
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