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Tax Creativity is Coming


8/19/19. The French government is proposing a 3% digital tax on media providers such as Facebook, Google, and others.  It will be based on their number of users and corporate locations.  This signals the EU discovery of new tax structures based on digital communication.  So watch out for new taxes to be proposed to users, providers, developers and the like.
  • Gamer’s Tax, for those gamers that spend multiple hours online playing games.
  • E-mail Tax. For email users. Will be likened to postal stamps.
  • Cloud Tax. For all users that routinely transmit information from devices to cloud servers.
  • Connectivity Tax.  This will be likened to typical utility taxes such as trash, sewer, and electrical power.
  • Server Tax. To tax users using high demand streaming services.
  • Free Apps. Those with a commercial connection will be taxed. Checkers to be exempt.   

These taxes will arrive one-by-one, after the first is charged. Within a decade, the costs will multiply, creating sur-taxes amounting to an average of at least 5% of total tax expenses. All these taxes are highly regressive equally tolled upon rich and poor.
For cash strapped cities and states, charging such taxes will be simply irresistible and oh, so easy.  New taxes spread like a highly contagious disease. Many politicians are at their creative best when dreaming up new taxes, and single-party localities are the most susceptible to their invention. 
Do you say rediculous?  Not me.  Everything else is already taxed - almost.  The carbon tax is  coming, and watch how those stupid politicians massage this one.  Carbon is black, right.  I predict this will be nicknamed the "Black Tax."  (as in plague)
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A doctor once told me, the “Q-tip” is a really four-letter word.  While it can generate huge pain for users, it also can generate huge fees for treatment.  This tiny thing, weighing about as much as a straw, helps but also hurts.
Straws are innocent, just clogging up the oceans a bit.  So, California should banish Q-tips, and save millions. These ain't even USA straws. 
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What do drunks and model airplanes have in common?  Both fly, and both are fueled by alcohol burning engines.
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