Chicago wants a piece of the action.
IT'S IN THE BOOK!........................
Posted on 09/21/2015 8:06:53 AM PDT by thackney
More liberal destruction. This is how libs fix everything — just keep taking MORE MONEY from the citizens. Tax and spend drunkenness. Covering up incompetence and corruption.
Chicago wants a piece of the action.
IT'S IN THE BOOK!........................
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan
Bump!
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Ah yes, the Star Trek episode in which they found a culture based on the Chicago mobs of the 1920s.
They found a number of cultures in space which were inspired by earth. There was the 20th century Rome episode, the culture inspired by Nazi Germany, the primitive cultures with Yangs and Comms, in which the Yangs used the American constitution as a foundational principle............
I can’t even believe that anyone would live in chicago with this kind of garbage. Highest taxes on everything, the worst crime and corrupt government. It’s like hell and people live there by choice?
Does anyone else see any problems with this approach?
We call it the “idiot tax”. For anyone dumb enough to pay it.
Does anyone know how this tax is enforced? Are the companies that provide these services expected to identify Chicago customers?
If I can stream netflix anywhere on my account, what is to stop these people from getting a bill from another location?
Indiana has a similar tax; you are supposed to voluntarily report items purchased outside the State of Indiana, and then remit a sales tax for those items.
I wonder how many people actually do this.
chiraq residents deserve it...
hey stupid enjoy your LIBTARD politicians
I almost wish NetFlix, Amazon on the like would just cut off streaming for Chicago. it wouldn’t be that hard to do.
Chicago (& Illinois) is in deep hock to its Unions and their pension plans. Elected officials have been making promises for decades that freshman economists knew were impossible. However the promises were EASY because the pain would come AFTER these officials were gone. All of the protests from the opposition were buried under manipulated statistics and optimistic projections of growth and FUTURE fiscal responsibility!
Now the crunch time has arrived and no potential source of taxation can be ignored. No matter how outlandish nor damaging a tax may be, the City and State will assure you that it is both legal and necessary. When the protests get too loud, a disabled hero firefighter and hero policeman will be wheeled in front of the utterly complicit MSM to show the necessity.
Hey Chi-town - BOHICA!
Basically, you can make up any address you want (set up a mail-box in Idaho for example), and then run hide-my-ip-type software, and there’s not much that the Netflix guys or the local service provider can say or do. For the low-income or low-knowledge user....it’s a big deal, but anyone can avoid this type of tax. You are better off just making up a service provider tax and get everyone that comes through the door.
And yes Florida does too. Heck Governor Chiles wanted to put board check stations on the north boarder to collect sales tax on purchases outside the state.
Actually they audit freight bills on a regular basis to see if Florida customer paid Florida sales tax.
I learned this the hard way in my business as I bought grinding discs from a company in Charlotte. I was audited by the state. Dummy me thought they were there to make sure I collected sales tax properly. Wrong they were there to audit my out of state purchase. With penalty it was expensive. Bottom line need to send in the tax every month.
I don’t know how big the city limits are for Chicago, but raising any kind of tax always has some economic consequence. Letting people calculate it themselves seems to be a train wreck waiting to happen. Does the city really think this means the costs of collecting the tax are zero to the city? If so, my guess is Obozo is behind it.
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