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

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.