Posted on 12/17/2018 8:12:57 AM PST by therightliveswithus
Chicago has won a legal battle allowing its wasteful “amusement tax” to be levied on everyday people. Residents who enjoy gaming will now have to pay a 9 percent tax for streaming services they buy through Playstation. They also have to pay this 9 percent tax on other streaming services for entertainment like Netflix, Spotify, and Hulu. The amusement tax is one of multiple examples of government using its ability to pick the pockets of the populace to select winners and losers in the market while paying its bills with money that citizens often do not realize they are spending.
The Windy City originally passed its amusement tax in 2015, not through the democratic process, mind you, but through backdoor bureaucratic means. Elected officials on the Chicago City Council never touched the proposal. Instead, it was passed by diktat through the Chicago Finance Department. Although a higher court may find the tax unconstitutional in the future, it was recently upheld by the Circuit Court of Cook County.
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Interesting observation ablut 2-6 feet. A Freeper told us that CO2 was heavier than air and would sink. Your observation validates that thought
Further, perhaps, the fungas eats the CO2 and becomes black with the carbon residue.
I have always believed that if the bad guys were serious about carbon emissions they would go after carbonated beverages including cokes and Budweiser. All the fizz in cokes and beer is atmospheric CO2 emission, even after injested.
Amazon Prime has gone downhill as well...............
Agreed and am not renewing come January. And really pretty much because their video content went downhill. At this point the only thing I will miss will be next season of Bosch. What a great series and highly acted I got no complaints!
$0.63 cents. Woohoo!
I was going to subscribe but it turned into Obamaflix, ending my interest. Sorry Netflix...not!
Good thing it went down in flames.
Every lace FCC said nope to that.
What a scam!
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