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As Bezos returns to earth, House Democrat proposes taxing space flight
foxbusiness.com ^ | July 20, 2021 | Brittany De Lea

Posted on 07/20/2021 6:28:33 PM PDT by PROCON

Oregon Democrat Rep. Earl Blumenauer said 'space travel isn’t a tax-free holiday for the wealthy'

As Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launched into space on Tuesday aboard a Blue Origin rocket, and back on Earth, a Democratic lawmaker announced a measure to tax commercial spaceflight.

Oregon Democrat Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, on Tuesday introduced what he is calling the Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE) Tax Act, which would create excise taxes on commercial space flights carrying human passengers for purposes other than scientific research.

"Space travel isn’t a tax free holiday for the wealthy," Blumenauer wrote on Twitter. "We pay taxes on plane tickets. Billionaires flying into space—producing no scientific value—should do the same, and then some."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2manylaws; 2manytaxes; bezos; globalwarming; spaceflight; taxes
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Who didn't see this coming!
1 posted on 07/20/2021 6:28:33 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON; BobL; sphinx; GreenLanternCorps; oldvirginian; Haiku Guy; napscoordinator; ...

No, this is apparently not the Bee.

DANG!


2 posted on 07/20/2021 6:30:30 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: PROCON

Think they will want to issue space flight passports ?


3 posted on 07/20/2021 6:30:35 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: PROCON

So I bet all the Bezos haters here will be on board with this new tax. 🤣🤣🤣


4 posted on 07/20/2021 6:31:52 PM PDT by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you.)
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To: PROCON

“I see you have some money there. Give it to me.”


5 posted on 07/20/2021 6:32:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: The Louiswu

+1


6 posted on 07/20/2021 6:33:49 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: PROCON
“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”

Ronald Reagan
7 posted on 07/20/2021 6:35:28 PM PDT by microgood
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To: The Louiswu

Someone ends up getting taxed somewhere.

I make money when Jeff Bezos makes money so I can see how a tax might impact me. Bezos is a Trump hater and that turns me off.

But I think a lot about Canada with its national sales tax, national income tax, user fees at national parks and so on and then its low corporate tax rate of 15 percent.

A few years ago Justin Trudeau forced out the Justice Minister because she wouldn’t agree to a non-prosecution agreement with a big construction company.

Low corporate taxes or business taxes is a sign that the politicians are bought by the big corporations to keep their taxes low.


8 posted on 07/20/2021 6:39:07 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: al baby

The next frontier for human freedom, space?

Maybe Don and other big bucks ought to look at a some kind big time space station.

It’s a good sci-fi dream.


9 posted on 07/20/2021 6:41:02 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: The Louiswu

I have no love for Bezos but am I am not for this or any other confiscation.


10 posted on 07/20/2021 6:42:24 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: Nextrush

Get a grip dude. You cannot tax a business. You can only tax people.

Businesses will simply pass those taxes on to their customers. Otherwise, they will go out of business.


11 posted on 07/20/2021 6:46:38 PM PDT by beancounter13 (A Republic, if you can keep it.)
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To: PROCON

What - the people who can afford a trip into ‘space’ need to be taxed MORE?

Democrats seem very into the concept of killing the Golden Goose.


12 posted on 07/20/2021 6:46:42 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: beancounter13

Regardless why do we see a low corporate tax rate in Canada and all kinds of advocacy as I have seen in this forum and other places for such a tax in the USA?

The tradeoff for the low corporate tax in Canada is a national sales tax. And sales taxes are regressive paid for by the little people more than the big ones.

This story is about a Democrat politician grandstanding on taxation with “climate change” on his mind. I get that much.

But business taxes versus sales taxes seems to me to be the dilemma.

The biggest shareholders in businesses get the biggest breaks from a corporate tax that is low.

I’m only a little investor in Amazon.


13 posted on 07/20/2021 6:51:24 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: PROCON

There’s nothing a democrat won’t try to tax.

Now if Republicans were smart, they would put a massive tax on everyone who proposes taxing something or increasing taxes on existing taxes. Payable immediately upon utterance or go directly to jail until the tax is paid.


14 posted on 07/20/2021 6:51:34 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: The Louiswu

My anti-tax stance has nothing to do with individuals.

Dont put up strawman arguments.


15 posted on 07/20/2021 6:52:29 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: PROCON
Why wouldn't this be a bill of attainder, given that only two people have joyridden in their private spaceships, and the third has only done manned scientific launches?

Are there any more billionaires with space ships waiting in the wings to be taxed?

-PJ

16 posted on 07/20/2021 6:53:22 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (* LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: PROCON

“Securing Protections Against Carbon Emissions (SPACE) Tax Act”

What an ignorant politician. Blue Origin rocket fuel is a mix of hydrogen and Oxygen which produces water vapor exhaust.


17 posted on 07/20/2021 6:53:31 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Play with knives long enough and you will eventually bleed.)
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To: wally_bert

Its not going to be successful. In real life there is just too much breakdown of things and there are omly so much spare parts and redundancy that can be built into such a thing. And then how quickly things are obsolete and outdated. It just isnt going to happen.


18 posted on 07/20/2021 6:55:35 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I watch too much sci-fi I know.

Might have to try for a parallel dimension.

All unworkable in reality.


19 posted on 07/20/2021 6:59:41 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: PROCON

This is perfectly logical and meets the most basic Democrat Rationale for applying a tax.

Do rockets move?
I think so.
Then they need to be taxed..


20 posted on 07/20/2021 6:59:47 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (Ted, you finally endorsed.)
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