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Seems like a good idea, but who do you tax and how do you collect it? I already don't want my ISP monitoring my internet usage. Tax the companies directly?
by KerrAvon 3y ago
Seems like a good idea, but who do you tax and how do you collect it? I already don't want my ISP monitoring my internet usage. Tax the companies directly?
- ericd 3y agoDon’t meter it, just make it a flat fee based on average?
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> who do you tax and how do you collect it Social media companies with more than N users in the state. Simplest: user tax. Complicated: fraction of attributed revenue or a user-hour toll.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoI think it'd be more just to tax the readers. Add it to their ISP bill. Similar to our radio or television tax in the UK
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> I think it'd be more just to tax the readers The U.K. has legally and culturally normalised this. That’s not as easy in America, by design.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoSure, I agree it would be exceptional and isn't particularly realistic. I just think that it is more legally and culturally acceptable in the US then forcing one company to pay another company for a good that they aren't the consumer of and they don't want to partner with. It's like forcing coffee shops to pay Disney because people exercise their free speech and discuss Marvel movies under their roof. It's actually worth cuz this bill would do the equivalent of banning coffee shops rules against discussing Marvel movies too. The whole topic is absurd given legislative inaction on paywall bypass tools and archive sites, which blatantly steal copyrighted content.