http://www.nationalreview.com/article/421516/stop-internet-streaming-tax
It'll more than likely get overturned, but this is ridiculous.
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http://www.nationalreview.com/article/421516/stop-internet-streaming-tax
It'll more than likely get overturned, but this is ridiculous.
It'll more than likely get overturned, but this is ridiculous.
are these the same politicians that want to stop piracy?
are these the same politicians that want to stop piracy?
please please please never cite the national review as a source
please please please never cite the national review as a source
on topic: I don't support this tax, but not because the concept of an internet tax is inherently ridiculous. rather, I don't support it because sales taxes are inherently regressive and I would prefer promoting progressive taxes- raising the payroll tax cap, creating more luxury taxes, raising capital gains taxes, bringing back the estate tax, maybe even a millionaire's tax, etc.
on topic: I don't support this tax, but not because the concept of an internet tax is inherently ridiculous. rather, I don't support it because sales taxes are inherently regressive and I would prefer promoting progressive taxes- raising the payroll tax cap, creating more luxury taxes, raising capital gains taxes, bringing back the estate tax, maybe even a millionaire's tax, etc.
seriously, National Review is garbage. politics aside, it does raise an interesting question on how to regard the intangibility of streaming and the idea of the cloud. binge watching Netflix, Hulu, etc and listening to music has changed the way we get entertainment compared to going to a physical store or purchasing a product, whether it's a movie ticket, album, dvd, or whatever, and now we have to figure out where certain lines can be drawn in this increasingly digital world.
National Review says every time you stream something you pay the tax, but articles on NPR and CNN make it seem like it'll be a 9% addition on top of the monthly service fees, which doesn't seem that ridiculous considering you pay a tax for cable services, though I don't know about satellite. but I agree with mustard that there are plenty of other taxes that could be raised instead of a streaming tax.
seriously, National Review is garbage. politics aside, it does raise an interesting question on how to regard the intangibility of streaming and the idea of the cloud. binge watching Netflix, Hulu, etc and listening to music has changed the way we get entertainment compared to going to a physical store or purchasing a product, whether it's a movie ticket, album, dvd, or whatever, and now we have to figure out where certain lines can be drawn in this increasingly digital world.
National Review says every time you stream something you pay the tax, but articles on NPR and CNN make it seem like it'll be a 9% addition on top of the monthly service fees, which doesn't seem that ridiculous considering you pay a tax for cable services, though I don't know about satellite. but I agree with mustard that there are plenty of other taxes that could be raised instead of a streaming tax.
National Review says every time you stream something you pay the tax, but articles on NPR and CNN make it seem like it'll be a 9% addition on top of the monthly service fees, which doesn't seem that ridiculous considering you pay a tax for cable services, though I don't know about satellite. but I agree with mustard that there are plenty of other taxes that could be raised instead of a streaming tax.
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