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These people project that we'll be setting $105 billion on fire for digital ads by 2019. To put that in perspective, it's more than 10% of what we spend to pro
by username223 9y ago
These people project that we'll be setting $105 billion on fire for digital ads by 2019. To put that in perspective, it's more than 10% of what we spend to provide health care to seniors and poor people via a mostly dysfunctional health care system: https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy2017/budget-in-brief/cms/medicare/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy2017/budget-in-brief/cms/...
- mlinksva 9y agoSolution: tax ads.
- jpadkins 9y agowe already do
- mlinksva 9y agoI don't know what jurisdiction you're in, but would love a reference. As far as I know in the U.S. there's a long history of talking about specifically taxing ads, but very little and brief doing. One overview: http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/E6C2E18E1E011AF485257BE400723DFB http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/E6C2E18E1E...