> I still maintain that we'd be living in a MUCH better world > if the U.S. Tax Code were amended to ELIMINATE the deduction of > advertising/marketing expenses for companies that gross over > $10,000,000 per year. > > They can still advertise, no "free speech" problems, they > just wouldn't be able to continue charging US, the U.S. taxpayers, for the > bulk of the expense!!! > > Think about it. Look around. How many gargantuan companies > flood our eyeballs with this Sh*T. It's everywhere you look in a city, > on nearly every surface in view. > > Even the goddamn water, gas, electric and petroleum MONOPOLIES spend > billions in "feel good" ads, ON OUR NICKLE! > > And don't get me started on Golf Tournaments. They've ruined a great > game by turning golf into MASSIVE perks for corporate executive > pigs...(I told you, "don't get me started on Golf"....)
I'm in favor of anything that turns down the volume of advertising, and the repetitious ones especially, but I'd go further and all get unwanted ads (and spam!) out of our faces altogether, at least for those of us who don't want to see them. If all ads had to go into places where we can see them when we want to, obviously the net would be the major player, I do think it would be just fine for everyone concerned. People are still going to buy things, just on different things then the ads are pushing and pulling for. If people do spend less money on fewer things overall, that's good too. We're way too possession oriented. And if this did slow the economy, better for it. And, if necessary, we can redirect a large piece of the military budget to productive things and the positive ripple effect that would have. Bill > C _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
