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The Internet, while most of us don't care, has negative externalities as well: - killing hundreds of thousands of businesses such as bookstores, movie
by e7620 12y ago
The Internet, while most of us don't care, has negative externalities
as well:
- killing hundreds of thousands of businesses such as bookstores, movie
rental stores, record stores;
- makes it possible through IP telephony,
email, the web, collaboration tools etc. to outsource millions of jobs;
- is a time consumer like no other before;
With that philosophy, agriculture would still comprise 100% of the economy. Yes, everybody, even kids, would have a job, but who wants that standard of living?
Also, about wasting time on the internet, maybe for you socializing or gaming is a waste of time, but before internet people also did this, additions already existed back then you know.
Yes, the Internet creates businesses as well but I don't think I've ever
used a Hungarian Internet business. Also, the outsourced jobs go mainly
to Asia. I could see why a conservative government would tax the Internet.
That's because you don't live there. When you know several languages, you see there are huge properties outside the five eyes Internet.
- flexie 12y agoIt's not a philosophy. It's how politics work. I don't think Hungary will return to pre-industrial times because of an Internet tax.
- e7620 12y ago> I don't think Hungary will return to pre-industrial times because of an Internet tax. It will not return but they'll be stuck there. This will have a chilling effect on the economy, and about all new jobs enabled by the internet? no new job will be created, they'll go to other countries without imposed tax barriers.
- flexie 12y agoNonsense. There are hundreds of direct and indirect taxes in any modern economy. A 175 million euro tax is one of the least important ones for the economy. Income taxes, capital gains taxes, corporate profit taxes etc. are much more important, even to most Internet companies, than the proposed Internet tax because they are much bigger.
- e7620 12y agoEven if only one person can't use the internet because of this tax, that's more than enough reason to avoid it.