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California Controller Backs Net Tax Plus "Download Fee"
from the uh,-wait-a-second... dept
California's new Controller, a former eBay executive, made a splash last night by telling Silicon Valley execs that not only does he support taxing online sales, he think there should be an internet connection surcharge on your phone bill and a "per download" fee on software. What's most stunning about this is that he doesn't even try to justify it on a reasonable basis. He simply says that California needs the money, so they'll tax whatever is necessary to get it.
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Excellent
What about the $600-per-PC "Environmental Impact Fee"? We could also start an internet licensing system, whereby applicants for a web hosting license must pay $800 to the Internet Regulatory Commission. Doctors and some other professionals have to pay the same kind of stiff fees.
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Time to leave CA
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Re: Time to leave CA
1. Other states will follow CA's lead anyway.
2. High-end research businesses can't leave here because of the talent pool anyway. There are plenty of stories of businesses that relocated out of high-cost areas, and ended up with incompetent, terrible local labor.
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