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Monadnock Guide
Council of Elders
USA
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 Posted - August 23 2010 : 09:10:39 AM
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If "something even exists" - TAX IT !!! - This is only the beginning, without ANY question, more will follow. - This country does need a CHANGE alright, - and a big one, top to bottom, throw them ALL out.
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Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license
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By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
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It looks like cash hungry local governments are getting awfully rapacious these days:
Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over the last few years she says shes made about $50. To [Marilyn] Bess, her website is a hobby. To the city of Philadelphia, its a potential moneymaker, and the city wants its cut.
In May, the city sent Bess a letter demanding that she pay $300, the price of a business privilege license.
The real kick in the pants is that I dont even have a full-time job, so for the city to tell me to pony up $300 for a business privilege license, pay wage tax, business privilege tax, net profits tax on a handful of money is outrageous, Bess says.
It would be one thing if Bess website were, well, an actual business, or if the amount of money the city wanted didnt outpace her earnings six-fold. Sure, the city has its rules; and yes, cash-strapped cities cant very well ignore potential sources of income. But at the same time, there must be some room for discretion and common sense.
When Bess pressed her case to officials with the citys now-closed tax amnesty program, she says, I was told to hire an accountant.
Shes not alone. After dutifully reporting even the smallest profits on their tax filings this year, a number though no one knows exactly what that number is of Philadelphia bloggers were dispatched letters informing them that they owe $300 for a privilege license, plus taxes on any profits they made.
Even if, as with Sean Barry, that profit is $11 over two years.
To say that these kinds of draconian measures are detrimental to the public discourse would be an understatement.
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SgtMunro
Soldier of the King
USA
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Posted - August 23 2010 : 10:16:55 AM
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That doesn't suprise me at all MG, since the 'Philly' area is one of those blue cesspools (the Pittsburgh area would be the other one), in what otherwise would be a lovely crimson state. As my great-grandad used to say, "Republicans may embezzle money, but Democrats boldly shovel it right out of the till."
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Seamus
Guardian of Heaven's Gate
USA
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Posted - August 23 2010 : 12:35:50 PM
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| Right on, Duncan. AND....it is the home swamp of the infamous Fast Eddie Rendell, soon to be immediate past ex-Governor of the Commonwealth. That tax everything crap is right off page 1, paragraph 1 of his Playbook. |
Life's journey is not to
arrive at the grave safely
in a well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways,
totally worn out, shouting
'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
~~Mavis Leyrer, Seattle
Seamus
~~Aim small, hit the b*****d right between the eyes!~~ |
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