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British Government Considers Tax on Computers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taxman-cometh dept.

Jumbo Jimbo writes "A story in the UK Times talks about the UK government's proposals to tax personal computers, as a replacement for the television license currently paid by every household with a TV. These are proposals and aren't intended for a few years yet, but due to the growth of computer ownership, this would probably amount to a tax on nearly everybody. Hope it's not per computer, or those people with a pile of old 286s in the shed could be in for a shock."

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  1. you see by illuminatedwax · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You see, this is why we rebelled. None of these stupid namby-pamby taxes.

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    1. Re:you see by TheOldFart · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      You see, this is why we rebelled. None of these stupid namby-pamby taxes.

      You are right. Only billions spent on a war that provides us nothing while ours schools have no money to educate our kids. Indeed this all makes sense to me now...

  2. To Pay For Knighting Bill? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is this to retroactively pay for all the food at Bill Gates Nighting Reception? :p

  3. Tax, tax, tax, spend, spend, spend by Luscious868 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Tax, tax, tax
    Spend, spend, spend,
    Tax, tax, tax and spend
    Last year the GDP growth rate was only 2.2%,
    So let's tax and spend again .....