Judge RF I think that if you turn into any mainstream religion whether watchtower want to admit they are or not, you are owned by the government. Being a religion means you are automatically tax exempt. Yet the governments offer tax exempt form that you are not required to fill out. By filling out and returning these forms, you bind yourself to government restrictions and regulations on how to run your religion. Watchtower for years even through part of the N.H Knorr era, refused to be called a religion (see the 1943 watchtower article "eve religions first victim").
I couldn't agree more. We know the only real way to get Watchtower to tow the line is to threaten them with removal of their tax breaks/exemptions. We saw this in Australia with the redress scheme.