Comment on U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value — policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Like taxing houses based on the number of windows
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax
was designed to impose tax relative to the prosperity of the taxpayer, but without the controversy that then surrounded the idea of income tax.
So nothing has changed in 400 years. Cool, cool cool cool.
One thing that changed is increased powers of state surveillance and record keeping. Taxes used to be a much blunter tool because of limits on reliable and organized information.
ibot@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax
RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
So nothing has changed in 400 years. Cool, cool cool cool.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
One thing that changed is increased powers of state surveillance and record keeping. Taxes used to be a much blunter tool because of limits on reliable and organized information.