You have the right to your reservations. :-) I have a lot of reservations on HOW they do things, but not that they exist.
Basically: in this world that we live in, there are 2 inevitable things: taxes and liability. (It used to be death and taxes, but then the US Government made immortal corporations people... now death is optional for some people. HHOS)
Given the existence of laws, and the need for insurance, and the issues of taxation, there has to be some sort of Corporation that pays the taxes (or avoids them legally) and which can be used as a tool or barrier against suits for negligence (usually by buying insurance). I suppose you don't HAVE TO have a corporation, but it's the standard way.
And, as long as the SCA has people that want to play in lots of states and countries, it needs to protect their income and taxes and their personal property by either existing, or creating a liaison with corporations that are unique to the laws of other nations.
I wouldn't let the mere existence of such bother you.
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Basically: in this world that we live in, there are 2 inevitable things: taxes and liability. (It used to be death and taxes, but then the US Government made immortal corporations people... now death is optional for some people. HHOS)
Given the existence of laws, and the need for insurance, and the issues of taxation, there has to be some sort of Corporation that pays the taxes (or avoids them legally) and which can be used as a tool or barrier against suits for negligence (usually by buying insurance). I suppose you don't HAVE TO have a corporation, but it's the standard way.
And, as long as the SCA has people that want to play in lots of states and countries, it needs to protect their income and taxes and their personal property by either existing, or creating a liaison with corporations that are unique to the laws of other nations.
I wouldn't let the mere existence of such bother you.