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WI Governor Proposes State Sales Tax On Downloads
Ars Technica ^ | 09 March 2005

Posted on 03/10/2005 12:10:31 PM PST by steve-b

Wisconsin's Democratic governor thinks it's not fair that tangible items get taxed while downloads, like music, ebooks, software, etc., go completely untaxed. So, he proposes to rectify the situation by having Wisconsin's 5% state sales tax apply to Internet downloads. This is kind of like that famous hoax about how the USPS wants to charge people 5 cents for e-mail messages, except it's for real. What a dumb idea....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: cheesehead; gimmegimmegimme; greed; taxes; taxman
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To: Logical me
Does anyone except me realize Government is out of control?

Well, there are two of us. And I personally know of a few more. That makes 5 or 6. If half plus one of us really did, it wouldn't be out of control.

21 posted on 03/10/2005 1:23:19 PM PST by brewcrew
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To: steve-b

Let's keep this all real simple: this governor should be soundly defeated on any re-election attempt! He is not someone to be trusted to keep his hand out of our pockets! Instead, he is an enemy of the people. Period!


22 posted on 03/10/2005 2:14:45 PM PST by Continental Soldier
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To: brewcrew

OMG! I never thought of that, but now that you said it, I will never be able to look at him again without thinking of it!


23 posted on 03/10/2005 3:33:04 PM PST by freemama
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To: SouthernBoyupNorth
I truly feel sorry for the peeps this @$$ is Governor of....

That would be me...

The (not so) funny thing is, technically, Wisconsin already charges taxes on internet purchase. Wisconsin has a 5% sales and use tax. If sales tax is not collected on something you buy, you're supposed to fork over the use tax.

This is an attempt to collect that, coming from this A$$wipe who campaigned on an "I won't raise your taxes" platform.

24 posted on 03/11/2005 11:41:34 AM PST by BlueMondaySkipper (The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. - George Orwell)
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