Deficit Solution: TAX THE INTERNET!!!!

[Google]

Amazon ends deal with 25,000 California websites | amazon, affiliate, california - The Orange County Register

As the state of California struggles with stifling budget deficits and business-hostile regulations and laws, many interesting and innovative solutions have been proposed. No, I’m just playing. California law makers have decided that curtailing uncontrolled spending isn’t the answer; the answer is raising taxes.

Not just raising taxes, but coming up with new and innovative ways to tax businesses and by proxy consumers: TAX THE INTERNET.

One word: brilliant. I’m shocked California beat Obama to this source of untold billions. Obama has already begun taking steps to regulate the internet—being as screwed up as the internet has been since its’ inception, it’s a miracle it has survived this long without government assistance—it is about time we tax all internet sales.

It is sickeningly unpatriotic of the internet for not contributing its’ fair share, and I for one would like to say: shame on the internet!!!


“Amazon has already emailed its termination of its affiliate advertising program with 25,000 websites. The letter says, in part:

(The bill) specifically imposes the collection of taxes from consumers on sales by online retailers - including but not limited to those referred by California-based marketing affiliates like you - even if those retailers have no physical presence in the state.
We oppose this bill because it is unconstitutional and counterproductive. It is supported by big-box retailers, most of which are based outside California, that seek to harm the affiliate advertising programs of their competitors. Similar legislation in other states has led to job and income losses, and little, if any, new tax revenue. We deeply regret that we must take this action.”

 

[uscitizen]

Another sin tax is needed. A cellphone tax.

 

[Anachronism]

PLEASE!!! Let's tax the internet, cellphones, and every other bit of 20th century electronic tech we can find. Sounds good to me. I could more than do without them, and I think we'd all be better off as a society without them. I'll use them while they're available for "free", but as soon as they're taxed I'll be gone.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

This is not something to be celebrating & Goose Stepping for. The average American Citizen will pay for this as usual. And you just lost a bit more of your Freedom & Liberty. Cheerleading for the Government getting more involved with the Internet really is against your own best interests. I want the Government to be involved with the Internet as little as possible. Government interventions like this usually end very badly for average American Citizens. Not only in costs but in Liberty too. I understand Socialists/Progressives like this idea but many others don't. I'm very much against it.

 

[Avorysuds]

More proof that Government slows progress...


Cheeper, Faster, Better = Free markets

Costly, unreliable, worse = Government

 

[theHawk]

But but but...taxes never lead to job losses!!!!

 

[Google]

Where are all the leftists that have been ranting constantly about how essential it is to find new tax revenues and raise taxes to solve the budget deficit.

The leftist solution to budget deficit = RAISE TAXES.

The leftist solution to the economy = RAISE SPENDING

Obama is going to lose in 2012 and this is why.

 

[Valerie]

PLEASE!!! Let's tax the internet, cellphones, and every other bit of 20th century electronic tech we can find. Sounds good to me. I could more than do without them, and I think we'd all be better off as a society without them. I'll use them while they're available for "free", but as soon as they're taxed I'll be gone.

See, there's always a bright side!

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Taxes aren't the problem. Government is the problem. Until people start accepting this,nothing realistic will get done. It's all about abusive Government spending. Taxpayers should not be scapegoated. They paid their taxes as required by Law. They did nothing wrong. It's the Government and their shocking over-spending that's gotten us where we are today. Some Politicians are trying to blame and scapegoat the Taxpayers to cover for their own corruption & incompetence. There should be no consideration of Tax-Hikes until the Government gets its spending under control. They just can't be trusted.

I'm actually appalled that the President and other Politicians are trying to blame Taxpayers for this awful mess. Yesterday he railed against private jet owners yet his own Stimulus included Tax Breaks for jet owners. Jet owners didn't get us into this awful mess. This President and many other Politicians did that. Scapegoating the Taxpayers is a popular tactic for the Socialists/Progressives these days and that's just wrong. It's just a deflection. We don't have a Taxpayer problem. We have a Government problem.

 

[xsited1]

Deficit Solution: TAX THE INTERNET!!!!

"Atlas Shrugged" is becoming reality. I'll be at Galt's Gulch if you need me.

 

[SillyWabbit]

The only reason my state government is doing this is because they're about to lose temporary tax hikes tomorrow and the state budget was screwed even with those tax hikes. They are desperate for any source of income they can get their grubby little meat hooks on. They'll tax their own mama if they think they can get something out of her.

Of course the state legislature can't impose new taxes without a 2/3rds majority. How they think this--and other taxes--will hold up in court is the big question. They're greedy scumbags, is the answer. They just don't give a shit about the law. It's not even about liberals vs conservatives: they're just criminals who should be locked up (except we don't have any free space in our prisons).

Yay!

California just became the first state to officially say "Fuck You!" to it's own constitution.

 

[Avorysuds]

The only reason my state government is doing this is because they're about to lose temporary tax hikes tomorrow and the state budget was screwed even with those tax hikes. They are desperate for any source of income they can get their grubby little meat hooks on. They'll tax their own mama if they think they can get something out of her.

Of course the state legislature can't impose new taxes without a 2/3rds majority. How they think this--and other taxes--will hold up in court is the big question. They're greedy scumbags, is the answer. They just don't give a shit about the law. It's not even about liberals vs conservatives: they're just criminals who should be locked up (except we don't have any free space in our prisons).

Yay!

California just became the first state to officially say "Fuck You!" to it's own constitution.

My Dad told me that yeasr ago they used to say "If it's Brown, flush it."

 

[SillyWabbit]

The only reason my state government is doing this is because they're about to lose temporary tax hikes tomorrow and the state budget was screwed even with those tax hikes. They are desperate for any source of income they can get their grubby little meat hooks on. They'll tax their own mama if they think they can get something out of her.

Of course the state legislature can't impose new taxes without a 2/3rds majority. How they think this--and other taxes--will hold up in court is the big question. They're greedy scumbags, is the answer. They just don't give a shit about the law. It's not even about liberals vs conservatives: they're just criminals who should be locked up (except we don't have any free space in our prisons).

Yay!

California just became the first state to officially say "Fuck You!" to it's own constitution.

My Dad told me that yeasr ago they used to say "If it's Brown, flush it."

Unfortunately for Californians, our toilet flushes UP--and the Turd chases you down the hall with your pants around your ankles and the house on fire.

 

[Mustang]

Taxes aren't the problem. Government is the problem. Until people start accepting this,nothing realistic will get done. It's all about abusive Government spending. Taxpayers should not be scapegoated. They paid their taxes as required by Law. They did nothing wrong. It's the Government and their shocking over-spending that's gotten us where we are today. Some Politicians are trying to blame and scapegoat the Taxpayers to cover for their own corruption & incompetence. There should be no consideration of Tax-Hikes until the Government gets its spending under control. They just can't be trusted.

I'm actually appalled that the President and other Politicians are trying to blame Taxpayers for this awful mess. Yesterday he railed against private jet owners yet his own Stimulus included Tax Breaks for jet owners. Jet owners didn't get us into this awful mess. This President and many other Politicians did that. Scapegoating the Taxpayers is a popular tactic for the Socialists/Progressives these days and that's just wrong. It's just a deflection. We don't have Taxpayer problem. We have a Government problem.

The irresponsible cutting of taxes while spending was allowed to go up with two wars that weren't paid for and an increase in domestic spending that was not offset by cuts in other areas under Bush is known as being squeezed from both ends. NOW we're being told that the only way to fix the problem is to cut spending withOUT raising the taxes that were preveiously lowered and that helped get us in the mess in the first place?

We're being conned, and YOU are an enabler.

 

[DiamondDave]

Deficit solution... ..

HAVE THE GOVERNMENT STOP FUCKING SPENDING SO DAMN MUCH

 

[KissMy]

PLEASE!!! Let's tax the internet, cellphones, and every other bit of 20th century electronic tech we can find. Sounds good to me. I could more than do without them, and I think we'd all be better off as a society without them. I'll use them while they're available for "free", but as soon as they're taxed I'll be gone.

Shut-Up!!! I remember my first cell phone was tax free. Then the F#*king Government got their hands on the bill. Half of my home phone bill is tax so now they think they can get there on the cell phones as well.

 

[Montrovant]

I don't think it's just California. From what I've read about this multiple states are considering or already have laws which attempt to collect sales taxes from internet businesses.

 

[Google]

Taxes aren't the problem. Government is the problem. Until people start accepting this,nothing realistic will get done. It's all about abusive Government spending. Taxpayers should not be scapegoated. They paid their taxes as required by Law. They did nothing wrong. It's the Government and their shocking over-spending that's gotten us where we are today. Some Politicians are trying to blame and scapegoat the Taxpayers to cover for their own corruption & incompetence. There should be no consideration of Tax-Hikes until the Government gets its spending under control. They just can't be trusted.

I'm actually appalled that the President and other Politicians are trying to blame Taxpayers for this awful mess. Yesterday he railed against private jet owners yet his own Stimulus included Tax Breaks for jet owners. Jet owners didn't get us into this awful mess. This President and many other Politicians did that. Scapegoating the Taxpayers is a popular tactic for the Socialists/Progressives these days and that's just wrong. It's just a deflection. We don't have Taxpayer problem. We have a Government problem.

The irresponsible cutting of taxes while spending was allowed to go up with two wars that weren't paid for and an increase in domestic spending that was not offset by cuts in other areas under Bush is known as being squeezed from both ends. NOW we're being told that the only way to fix the problem is to cut spending withOUT raising the taxes that were preveiously lowered and that helped get us in the mess in the first place?

We're being conned, and YOU are an enabler.

I don't disagree that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have had a considerable effect on the national debt, but entitlement spending does take up 60% of the national expenditure.

I also agree that we need to end the wars. Obama has shown that he is not going to end the wars. We can argue--perhaps even agree as to why--but until we elect a person who is going to do what they say.

And I know we are going to disagree with who that person is, the correct answer is Ron Paul.