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Florida Proposes Taxing Local LANs

Posted by timothy on from the please-alert-dave-barry dept.

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?"

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  1. Fark says it best... by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 5, Funny

    [FLORIDA]. What more can you say about a state that can't even figure out voting?

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    1. Re:Fark says it best... by fmileto · · Score: 5, Funny

      I believe a H. Simpson captured it in the phrase "Florida. That's America's wang."

  2. Which state? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the state that brought you the 2000 presidential election debacle

    Would that be Texas?

    1. Re:Which state? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Don't blame us, we tried to keep him home.

  3. Who the hell is going to enforce this? by Bones3D_mac · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are they going to audit anyone with a computer and an email address?

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  4. About that rate. by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    > 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.

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  5. Nobody Expects... by Lawrence_Bird · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  6. Don't fret, folks. by Dirtside · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.)

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  7. Recount! by SuperBanana · · Score: 5, Funny
    Exactly what they will be taxing isn't clear, since the tax amounts to 9% of... something

    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...

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  8. Re:Maybe I have missed somthing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  9. Ok Florida by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    you can pass the crack pipe back to SCO now.

  10. Re:Maybe I have missed somthing... by L0neW0lf · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

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