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Now they want to tax my beats?

December

According to this article on Yahoo!, New York State Governor David Patterson wants to put a tax on pretty much anything with the slightest bit of entertainment value, including a four percent tax on music downloaded from i tunes.

Patterson wants to put a tax on or propose a tax or increase on the following:

ipod tax – Taxing downloaded music and other “digitally delivered entertainment services” by four percent.

Gas – I couldn’t find any numbers on this, but now that gas is finally affordable again, why not drive the price back up? Way to go.

Taxi Rides – Thank god I can swipe a credit card in most NYC cabs now.

Cable and Satellite TV service – I can hardly read my bill as it is with all of the imposed taxes, let’s add a few more.

Sports Tickets – Kill me now. It’s bad enough that it’s near impossible to get an affordable ticket to any sporting even worth watching live, so let’s slap more fees associated with acquiring a ticket.

Cigars and Beer – I hate sin taxes.

Health spa visits – This is totally not fabulous.

During difficult economic times, it’s been historically documented that entertainment has provided people with some piece of mind; a way to escape the anxiety of debt and unemployment. Now the government wants to tax that. Ugh.

(Photo Courtesy of AP)

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 5:09 pm by Larry Vollmer. | Email This Post

6 Responses to “Now they want to tax my beats?”

Aman Ali December 17th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Amen my brother. He also wants to tax non-diet sodas. I’m thinking about dressing up as a Native American and dumping cans of soda in the Hudson River. Throwback to the 1700s son!
Jeff Marx December 17th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
http://www.lohud.com/article/20081217/NEWS/812170420/-1/rss01

It seems like our governor wants to implement “An 18-percent increase in the sales tax on fruit drinks and non-diet sodas with less than 70 percent fruit juice under an obesity tax.”

But in that same article, it says he also wants to tax fitness club memberships.

He’s either a little confused or being disingenuous about really caring about obesity/health.

Or both.
Aman Ali December 17th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Oh, and I just realized that Patterson’s iPod tax covers downloadable content for video games. Meaning every time I cop some new tunes on Guitar Hero, “The Man” wants a cut.
Larry Vollmer December 17th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Yeah, I read somewhere that it’s going to have a negative impact on my Netflix – this is insanity.

I’m down for the revolution. What are we going to call it?
Stacy A. Anderson December 18th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Health spa visits, nooooooooooo!
Jeff Marx December 18th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
LOL Stacey

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