Comments on: Taxing the Internet: Read The Bloggers’ Lips: No New Taxes, No Old Taxes, No TAXES!

By: Dr. Clarissa Pinkola EstÃ©s

Dr. Clarissa Pinkola EstÃ©s — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:00:47 +0000

AustinRoth, and Holly In Cincinnati, you mean
it isn’t ‘broiks n moidah’… I think that’s how it’s pronounced depending on what part of the country you’re from.

On a more serious note, the more I think about what seems like a tax on top of a tax that already exists for internet access lineage, I think about political strategy, that is not just of the moment, but has a long range plan, with several stages to it. That the states appear to be so intent, together, on not allowing this moratorium to continue , though I am not one to see spooks in eveyr corner, I wonder what the underlying forward plan is for the future… I still would like to know who represents the blogging community during these issues. I know Authors Guild reps authors on Federal issues, and so does National Writer’s Union, but I dont know who reps bloggers and mom and opo stores on the internet. Any ideas?

By: Holly in Cincinnati

Holly in Cincinnati — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:36:59 +0000

Austin, the phrase is “bricks-and-mortar.”

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By: Somebody

Somebody — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:05:14 +0000

Actually The internet does tax. If you buy something on the internet many companies collect sales tax for your state. Many do not.

It would be easy to tax the internet. Internet usage tax to be paid to your internet provider.

All proceeds to go to paying down the national debt or Blowing stuff up……….whichever depends on who is in charge.

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:48:30 +0000

Realistically, how can we not expect taxes to finally come full force to the internet?

Taxation of commerce is a key revenue source, and the internet no longer needs protection from ‘brick and motor’, or whatever old paradigm you want to throw out, vie an absence of taxation.

In fact, for many business models (MSM as an example), the opposite is true. Just look at the NYT just released finacials.

Overall, I would rather see more commerce based taxing and less individual income taxing myself as a general rule, too.

Somebody, that made me laugh out loud. Thank you for that.

By: Somebody

Somebody — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 23:59:15 +0000

I’m thinking tax the internet to rid us of our national debt. 1 penny per word. All these blow hards including me would rid the debt in a couple of years.