So every business you support is owned by a VFW member? Grocery store, gas station, whatever? It’s like saying you don’t buy chinese, but shop at any chain store.
Also they do pay taxes, some they don’t because they don’t/aren’t supposed to be used by them.
“The Amish are responsible for paying
income tax, sales tax, and real property tax. However, self-employed Amish do not pay Social Security tax. This includes those employed by non-Amish. Due to this, Amish do not collect benefits from Social Security, nor do they collect funds from unemployment. Being self-sufficient is their answer to government aid programs. Being exempt from certain taxes is because:
- Amish do not consume a service or product that taxes help pay for
- Due to religious purposes, Amish do not take advantage of government benefits or aid”
I have no feelings toward the Amish one way or the other, I looked it up out of curiosity to see if that was true. They pay into a church fund, you get sick it pays, you need a barn the fund pays, all your animals die you live off of....fund helps you. That’s what I gather reading anyway.
Doesn’t sound so bad not taking gov bailouts and them helping each other
Sounds like I need some Amish neighbors whether we agree on everything or not lol. I’m not paying in, but if they want to help me build a barn in half a day, thanks.