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Florida Proposes Taxing Local LANs
Vellmont writes "From the state that brought you the 2000 presidential election debacle, now comes the proposal to tax your LAN. The Orlando Business Journal is reporting that the the state of Florida is thinking about putting a 9% tax on LANs within the state. Exactly what they will be taxing isn't clear, since the tax amounts to 9% of... something. Will taxing the electrical wires within your home be next?"
[FLORIDA]. What more can you say about a state that can't even figure out voting?
"Remember when the U.S. had a drug problem, and then we declared a War On Drugs, and now you can't buy drugs anymore?"
Because it wasn't taxed yet
ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI
From the state that brought you the 2000 presidential election debacle
Would that be Texas?
Are they going to audit anyone with a computer and an email address?
8==8 Bones 8==8
What else can you expect from the state that elected a guy named "Jeb".
If you dont pay the taxes, then you will be violating the DMCA. It's really that simple I would think.
Life is not for the lazy.
Heck, take 100 percent. Anything I can do to help.
Why is it called COMMON sense when so few people have it?
if you tax LAN, you can tax telephone, gas lines, electricity, radio, TV... anything... havent they heard than in the 20th century, it's the state for it's people rather than the people for the sate...?!!!!
> Exactly what they will be taxing isn't clear, since the tax amounts to 9% of... something.
Clearly, they'll charge you 94,371.84 bytes per megabyte.
Presumably you can pay by simply sending them a big e-message.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
no new packets!
peace,
-Grokent
"We're hoping we get a lot of attention paid to this and understand what impact would it have," he says.
I am thinking that they will have trouble finding any positive responses.
The Lanquisition!
NOBODY expects the LANquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the IRS.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
This is all just an attempt to take back the coveted title of The Doofus State from California. We reacquired it thanks to our upcoming election. (If Schwarzenegger wins, it's Total Recall, I suppose.)
"Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
Should 95% appear to small, be thankful I don't take it all, 'cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman.
If you drive your car, I'll tax the street, if you take a walk, I'll tax your feet, if you get too cold, I'll tax the heat, if you take the bus, I'll tax your seat, TAXMAN!!!
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
If it's by the byte, for heavily black/jewish democratic networks 1MB= 1024kB. On republican networks 1MB will = 1000kB.
Oh...and will they count hanging patch cords? What about ones that are plugged in, but haven't fully clicked into the port, and fall out during counting?
God help Florida users if the government learns of half versus full duplex...
Please help metamoderate.
I'm impressed.
Treehugger? Treehugger... Treehugger!
...right after I finish writing one for SCO.
Wha'?! It's what?
You know what?
Actually, as it turns out, because of some voting confusion, for every LAN installation, you'll be expected to pay approximately 9% of Pat Buchanan to the state of Florida. Pat Buchanan could not be reached for comment.
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Florida isn't supposed to have people living here. It's supposed to be a tourist place.
Funny, I could swear it was businesses moving to other states...
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The tax would be payable on the actual cost of operating and maintaining the system, which DOR defines as including the following:
. . .
Taxes, licensing, and franchising costs
It would in fact appear that at least part of this tax is derived from the amount you pay in taxes.
Of course I always thought it worked the other way around, with the goverment taxing you on a service based on how much it cost them to run it, but this way is so much more cost effective, with the government not actually having to provide a service before taking your money.
Because we need to build multi-billion dollar missile defense systems that don't even work to protect us from terrorists who don't even own sophisticated missile systems. It's all very logical, really.
They meant to enact a new property tax, i.e., a tax on land, but somebody dropped the 'd'.
Of course, another sense of property taxation would be pretty hard on enterprise Java developers.
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a skull.
you can pass the crack pipe back to SCO now.
Because senior citizens rarely use LANs, so the AARP and won't bitch about it much. ;)
Don't you know ANYTHING about how Florida works?
Never look down your nose at others. Someday, someone is bound to see your boogers.
And tea! I've heard the government is taxing tea! And they make us buy stamps, too. It's intolerable, I tell you.
Somebody oughta do something about that.
"That clanging you hear is the machine working," he says.
ahh yes, the machine with the wrench is clanging nicely today...
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I feel sorry for the poor soul who'll get elected as our president next because he's gonna have an almost impossible task on his hands (he'll need to take massive and very unpopular action to fix this mess being created by the current politicians).
Well, he could always try being honest, put Shrub in prison for treason and bill Asshat for all the money he spent covering up a statue since he has the maturity of a thirteen year old. That should help his popularity enormously.
That's ok, Hillary is a "fellow New-Yorker" too.
Annual lease payments? Huh? On a LAN? Not on a computer, where I can see an annual lease payment, but on a LAN?
They appear to not know what they're talking about... "OK everyone, the tax assessor's coming. Unplug your computers, and we'll power down and disconnect the routers." You may think that's silly, but if you do that, there is no LAN. If you want to tax something, tax the hardware or the software...O, wait, they already do.
But what is this "LAN" that you're leasing?
I think we've pushed this "anyone can grow up to be president" thing too far.
I'm kind of surprised that the Texas constitution doesn't proscribe foreigners like Bush from being governor.
what's the annual depreciation on two cans with a string tied between? Wouldn't we have a lot better laws if there was some "enforcibility" criteria they had to meet before they were passed?
"Freedom means freedom for everybody" -- Dick Cheney
William Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was invited to witness a demonstration of Faraday's electrical equipment. Gladstone asked, "This is quite interesting, Faraday, but of what practical worth is it?" Faraday replied, "One day, sir, you may tax it."
against unauthorized wiretaps
I didn't think there was any such thing any more. }:)
Lan Tax
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tax on "thingy":
... thingy.
Politician: Gentlemen, our MP saw the PM this AM and the PM wants more LSD from the PIB by tomorrow AM or PM at the latest. I told the PM's PPS that AM was NBG so tomorrow PM it is for the PM it is zero. Give us a fag or I'll go spare. Now- the fiscal deficit with regard to the monetary balance, the current financial year excluding invisible exports, but adjusted of course for seasonal variations and the incremental statistics of the fiscal and revenue arrangements for the forthcoming annual budgetary period terminating in April.
First Official: I think he's talking about taxation.
Politician: Bravo, Madge. Well done. Taxation is indeed the very hub of my gist. Gentlemen, we have to find something new to tax.
Second Official: I understood that.
Third Official: If I might put my head on the chopping block so you can kick it around a bit, sir...
Politician: Yes?
Third Official: Well most things we do for pleasure nowadays are taxed, except one.
Politician: What do you mean?
Third Official: Well, er, smoking's been taxed, drinking's been taxed but not
Politician: Good Lord, you're not suggesting we should tax... thingy?
First Official: Poo poo's?
Third Official: No.
First Official: Thank God for that. Excuse me for a moment. (leaves)
Third Official: No, no, no - thingy.
Second Official: Number ones?
Third Official: No, thingy.
Politician: Thingy!
Second Official: Ah, thingy. Well it'll certainly make chartered accountancy a much more interesting job.
There is much cruelty in the universe, John.
Yeah, we seem to have the tour map.