On Fri, 2005-03-11 at 12:52, David Bandel wrote: > On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:14:33 -0700, Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050309-4689.html > > > > I don't know about you, but I can't even imagine a Republican governor > > proposing this kind of crap. > > > > So, Collins, how much are you paying for your downloads? > I pay $0.00. Multiply that by 5% (0.00 x .05) and I get a whopping > $0.00 I owe in tax. Even if you pay a little for a music download, so > what? I haven't heard you complain about the tax when you go shopping > downtown. No big deal. Governments everywhere need their tax. Ask > Bill Gates. M$ taxes you on _every_ system you buy from an OEM like > Dell, etc., whether you buy it with M$ installed or not. Complain > about that. That at least is illegal (per-CPU licensing agreements).
"If you try to walk, I will tax your feet. Taxman." Narrow end of the wedge as well. And, unlike your store with sales tax - where nothing is given away for free - if I give something away for free on the 'net, and the government makes money on it, does that make me a slave laborer for the government? Or will I get some tax credit from the government for the income I generated for them by my unpaid labors? I don't think the tax question is so very obvious. When telephones and TVs were introduced, there was no direct tax on the receiver (caller pays that) of a call or of a program. Will those be next? BTW, in Sweden and I think most all of Europe, the tax on an item is included in the price on the label. So, one is not constantly reminded of the 25% tax on most items (only 12.5% on food). I think the U.S. method where the sales tax is explicitly added is a better reminder. Swedes joke about this odd store behavior in the U.S., but I think they should have the same at home. +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Nybrogatan 66 nb � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 114 41 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 314223 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
