Should the government tax your email? One California official thinks so

fox news ^ | march 27, 2023 | Barnini Chakraborty

[lowbridge]

A California official is bringing new life to the argument that the Internet --including emails -- is an untapped revenue resource that should be taxed to help local economies.

Berkeley City Councilman Gordon Wozniak brought up taxing emails during a recent council meeting. He suggested the money collected, which would be part of a wider-reaching Internet tax, could be used in Berkeley's case to save the local post office.

"There should be something like a bit tax," he said during the March 5 meeting. "I mean, a bit tax could be a cent per gigabit and they would make, probably, billions of dollars a year."

Plus,he said, there should be a "very tiny tax on email."

This idea goes beyond already-controversial proposals to tax e-commerce -- like buying used books on Amazon. This would be a tax on data.

[SgtHooper]

Yes, Yes, but only in California. Then we simply bombard the libtards with bogus email—bankrupt em.

[KarlInOhio]

And if I try to evade the tax buy buying or renting DVDs instead of streaming them will I be arrested?

[LibWhacker]

Your money is his money. He doesn't want you to forget that fact, so he dreams up the most outrageous and infuriating ruse he can under which under which to take it. It's totally fine with him if that ticks you off, because the absolute worst thing that could happen from his point of view would be for you to forget who's boss, who holds the leash, and who has it around his neck.

[from occupied ga]

How dip-feces stupid can they get in Bezerkley?

Obviously there isn't any limit.

[I want the USA back]

Very tiny now, higher later. They always do it that way.

There is a big expense involved in setting up the payment system. And the expense is covered by the service providers.

We need politicians to shut their traps, not propose dumb things.

[Sarajevo]

Councilmember Gordon Wozniak Berkeley City Council District 8

[Standing Wolf]

They can punish us, but we can't punish them.

It's the law.

That's often the case, E. Pluribus Unum, though that's part of the reason I never leave the house without a gun.

[scrabblehack]

What about spoofed addresses?

I’m not sure...maybe it’s still possible to trace the data packets.

[rarestia]

Answer: Linux

[Luke21]

“Arizona would tell Kalifornistan to go pound sand”

Not for much longer. The idiots here rule more and more.

[clamper1797]

We have to make sure that imbecile RINOs like McLame get beaten in the primaries

[longtermmemmory]

the medium is the message

[eyedigress]

Just spam the hell out of all California democrats and watch the money roll in. /Idiots