On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) < [email protected]> wrote:
> Gordon, what is your response to this new legislation? I haven't heard > arguments in support of it. > > I think most people, and virtually all people on this list, would view > this tax as both unjust and counterproductive. It certainly damages the > tech sector of the MA economy. > "Unjust" is pretty rich, coming from a white guy complaining about taxes. There are much greater miscarriages of justice accepted without comment or complaint (and sometimes, even with approval!) on a daily basis by members of this list. In a world where we've accepted the idea of income tax, sales tax, and business-profit-tax (there's probably a better word for this), it seems a little farfetched to say that "software services" is the red line that taxes can't cross. There's a larger conversation to be had about taxation in general, the role of government, etc., but that's even farther off-topic. :--) Gordon _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
