This is from a White House press release explaining why Obama favors taxing out-of-state Internet purchases: "Because these out-of-state companies are able to play by a different set of rules, this disparity undermines the ability of cities and States to invest in K-12 education, police and fire protection, access to affordable health care, and funding for roads and bridges." Again: "...this disparity undermines the ability of cities and States to invest in K-12 education, police and fire protection, access to affordable health care, and funding for roads and bridges." Here we have the classic laundry list of public services that can only survive if we raise taxes. And to pretend as though this tax hike is in the name of fairness rather than States collecting more revenue is embarrassingly disingenuous.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
White House statement on tax hike
This is from a White House press release explaining why Obama favors taxing out-of-state Internet purchases: "Because these out-of-state companies are able to play by a different set of rules, this disparity undermines the ability of cities and States to invest in K-12 education, police and fire protection, access to affordable health care, and funding for roads and bridges." Again: "...this disparity undermines the ability of cities and States to invest in K-12 education, police and fire protection, access to affordable health care, and funding for roads and bridges." Here we have the classic laundry list of public services that can only survive if we raise taxes. And to pretend as though this tax hike is in the name of fairness rather than States collecting more revenue is embarrassingly disingenuous.
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the big corporations wanted it, so the big corporations got it. That;s who all our politicians work for.
Google CISPA. That's another one.
If all politicians work for the big corporations (and I'm not saying they don't), then by default that makes our country a sort of inverted fascist state. Under fascism the government dominates business, but what we seem to have is business dominating government. I wonder if there is any real difference in the ultimate outcome.
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