Yep, I've never been aware of the Amish not owning their own land...there's much that is communal like the schools and the church itself, but a family runs its own farm and splits it up among the sons when the father passes (of course, when you have 5 sons, eventually everbody has a postage stamp and that's when 4 of the sons take off to Indiana.)
And income is income - the IRS isn't going to stop taxing farm income just because the farm is owned by a church - they're going to track that down.
The Amish own their own places. They take turns in hosting the church service in their houses but the there is no tax exemption.
They do not pay ss tax nor do they particpate in the ss system for they do not belive it is right to have insurance.
Yes, Amish pay all Federal, State and local taxes just like anyone else. They do not participate in the Social Security program but they also do not receive any benefits.
My biggest tip to anyone thinking about Amish is: they are people the same as you and I. They have a different lifestyle and different values but they have the same faults and bad characters as the rest of society. They are not perfect people just because they have a rather spartan and austere way of living.
The metrosexuals on fox and friends just made some 100% ignorant anti-gun statements.
You would think they were flaming left wingers. Who needs an ak47? Apparently his "arsenal" consisted of a pistol, a shotgun, and a rifle.
This just points out that there is a DESPERATE NEED to continue personel changes at Fox and Friends in order to clean out these illiterates about the second amendment.