Reply #74: No, lawyers should pay the same taxes as any business and they do.

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All citizens benefit equally from the judicial system whether they use it or not (just like my argument above about national parks, jails, etc.).

I never said nor did I imply that some business should have to pay some extra tax that the legal business should not have to pay, so I am not sure what is motivating your statement.

Because lawyers in private practice are businesses (some large, some small), all of my comments about taxes and contributing to society apply to them, just as they apply to all businesses from liquor stores to doctor's offices to dairy farms to coal mines.

As an aside, I'm not sure why you have a picture of Kucinich as your avatar when your positions don't seem to support his. You seem to be against the social security system, have a contempt for the legal profession, and an aversion to contributing taxes for the benefit of your fellow man.