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Old 03-28-2013, 08:15 AM
 
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Na, they wouldn't dare. Would they?

Should the government tax your email? One California official thinks so | Fox News
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Old 03-28-2013, 08:18 AM
 
Location: San Diego
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By taxing bandwidth you would effectively BK any site with streaming anything because people would quit using them.
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Old 03-28-2013, 09:58 AM
 
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And just how does he think a city would go about taxing that?
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Old 03-28-2013, 10:00 AM
 
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And BTW, Berkeley is pretty much the capital of The Land of Fruits and Nuts. This is why everyone else makes fun of Berkeley.
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Old 03-28-2013, 10:34 AM
 
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This is a dumb idea on so many levels... Especially since you'd be basically forcing internet service providers in one city to provide to the local government detailed information about how much bandwith or emails anyone in the city is using or sending.

And he wants to tax people using emails to save the local post office--which is increasingly irrelevant since--well, people get everything through email these days. Should we have taxed cars to save the horse and buggy industry in the 1920s...
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Old 03-28-2013, 10:37 AM
 
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Well, I'd just declare war and get the bestest anonymizer I could I guess.

I am a descendant of moonshiners, though. And taxing my email is to far.
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Old 03-28-2013, 10:52 AM
 
Location: I'm where I want to be. Are you?
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Na, they wouldn't dare. Would they?
They'll tax the air that we breathe, if they get the chance.
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Old 03-28-2013, 11:15 AM
 
Location: SW MO
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Most politicians, not just in California, have rarely seen a penny of the people's money they didn't want and couldn't spend.
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Old 03-28-2013, 04:14 PM
 
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Most politicians, not just in California, have rarely seen a penny of the people's money they didn't want and couldn't spend.
CA just has more of them.

"Its for the children, police, firefighters,teachers, ......"
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Old 03-28-2013, 04:16 PM
 
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CA just has more of them.

"Its for the children, police, firefighters,teachers, ......"
"It's for the retiree in TN." Pay the feds people.
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