Wisconsin Governor Proposing Tax On Downloads

Christopher Reimer writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the Wisconsin's governor is proposing a tax for downloads. From the article: 'Wisconsin's Democratic governor thinks it's not fair that tangible items get taxed while downloads, like music, ebooks, software, etc., go completely untaxed. So, he proposes to rectify the situation by having Wisconsin's 5% state sales tax apply to Internet downloads.'"

Comments

A work around?

[dei3oe]

One way they could find a way to stick it to the man would be to impose an additional State Tax to people who are subscribed to an ISP. They could just charge 5% extra to your bill from your ISP, and call it a "flat download fee."

But as far as expecting people to PAY FREELY a download tax - this guy should be laughed out of office.

Do ANY of you read the articles?

[Ridgelift]

Reading through most of the posts, it's clear to me that most of you didn't read the article:

FTA: "That's right: it's voluntary. In a country that can trace its origins in part to a dispute about taxes, does this man really think that people are going to voluntarily pay a tax?"

C'mon, this is pure FUD marketing from a politician looking to get some cheap publicity. With the exception of lottery tickets, no one in their right mind pays a voluntary tax. And I guess it worked too...a lot of lemmings read the summary (which is deceiving), posted a comment, and others moderated their comments up.

Move along people. Nothing to see here.

Re:Let's hear it for DEMOCRATS

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

And, I hate to say it, but he's even dragged the US into a war.

To sum up:

- Massive expansion of government
- Massive expansion of spending
- Get involved in a war
- Purchase votes via massive increase of social programs

How W differs from Wilson, FDR, or Kennedy/Johnson, I don't know.