Beverage taxes
Real estate taxes
Sales taxes
Payroll Taxes
Income taxes
Federal Income taxes
Corporate taxation
So what? Every business pays taxes, that doesn’t make them public entities. Unless they are funneling all their profits back to the taxpayers, they are PRIVATE entities, not PUBLIC.
Does paying taxes give them the right to TAKE our property rights away? Because that is exactly what you are advocating, whether you realize it or not.