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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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.
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!
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!
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.
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