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Japan Considers Taxing of WiFi

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-thats-just-not-very-nice dept.

DoktorTomoe writes "According to an article at Asia Pacific Media Network, Japan plans to introduce a fee for using WLan. The changes necessary for such taxation could be made as early as 2005. "

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  1. Human Life Tax by mfh · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, when's the oxygen tax coming out? Oh, and I think we should also create a tax for walking anywhere, by counting the steps each person takes and sending them a bill at the end of the month. Could be rolled into the breathing tax, by counting the number of breaths each person takes and adding them together for a Human Life Tax. Or we could just tax Wifi...

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  2. Wardriving... by k4_pacific · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean that the Japanese government is going to take up wardriving to look for violators?

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    1. Re:Wardriving... by JPelorat · · Score: 2, Funny

      And when they find a node, they crash their van into it.

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  3. In Japan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Taxing of WiFi considered... in Japan!

  4. Sex discrimination! by L.+VeGas · · Score: 3, Funny

    A tax on Wifi? What about Hubby?

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    1. Re:Sex discrimination! by JPelorat · · Score: 4, Funny

      A "Wifey" *is* a Hubby tax.

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  5. Since we are giving the government ideas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Here is a helpful list of potentially taxable items for the government to increase revenue
    1) air
    2) hair growth
    3) pictures taken of public land
    4) heart beats
    5) using walkways
    6) chimpanzee's entering the white house

    also, here are things that perhaps should require a license

    1) Walking
    2) using compound sentences
    3) posting to /.

  6. Re:Tax everything by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually I believe it goes like this:

    1. If it moves, tax it.
    2. If it keeps moving, regulate it.
    3. If it stops moving, subsidize it.

  7. In awe. by theTerribleRobbo · · Score: 2, Funny


    I tip my hat to you, sir. Ontopic, funny, and making use of a repetitive joke.

    The depth astounds me. And if I don't stop I'm going to sound like and English major.