Re: Who can tax a satellite?

At 02:30 PM 7/11/01 -0700, Black Unicorn wrote:

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No, the real question is who can knock down or render inoperable the OWNER of the satellite.

But ownership is easily fixed - a few magic words from a lawyer (ok, with a lot of expensive research into tax and accounting issues first), and the satellite is owned by a Caribbean corporation owned by Hughes, so it's no longer physical property subject to Los Angeles property taxes. That doesn't mean a tax collector can't try to attach one of Hughes's buildings near LAX, but it becomes a much different problem.