FCC proposing a "WiFi tax"?

TiMSport · 11-16-2021, 01:48 PM

Ridiculous. Can't imagine the shit storm this would cause if it were to actually pass.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbest...h=7e89d61219d7

2000cs · 11-16-2021, 02:09 PM

Unfortunately the comment date for this has passed, largely unnoticed. https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...n+mailing+list

So while you can whine to the FCC, they won’t listen at this point. I’d suggest hitting your federal legislators email boxes and encourage others to do the same. Just let them know you expect them to oppose the FCC’s WiFi tax and, if necessary, introduce and vote for legislation to prohibit it.

Finn Germai-Yaz · 11-16-2021, 02:18 PM

What's next? Paying for oxygen?

Tommy-G · 11-16-2021, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nawfoo

What's next? Paying for oxygen?

Ooohhhhh now THAT's a good idea.

AustinZ4 · 11-16-2021, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by nawfoo

What's next? Paying for oxygen?

That's a thing.

leopard print · 11-16-2021, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nawfoo

What's next? Paying for oxygen?

Considering how much we pay for bottled tap water, I wouldn’t be surprised.

grocerylist · 11-16-2021, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by leopard print

Considering how much we pay for bottled tap water, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Anyone that buys bottled water deserves to get swindled.

vreihen16 · 11-16-2021, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by grocerylist

Anyone that buys bottled water deserves to get swindled.

If you ever paid $5.00 for a bottle of Smart Water...it's not working!!!!!

Murf993 · 11-16-2021, 10:07 PM

It begs the question though, and we are much higher taxed in Canada than most. At what point in time will government have enough? By the time I pay all my taxes, federal income tax, provincial income tax, property tax, Harmonized sales tax 13%, gas tax, user fees, healthcare supplement etc one level of government or another ends up with well over 50% of my gross. Taxes keep going up, and I have to wonder if there will ever be an end to it?

dreamingat30fps · 11-16-2021, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

It begs the question though, and we are much higher taxed in Canada than most. At what point in time will government have enough? By the time I pay all my taxes, federal income tax, provincial income tax, property tax, Harmonized sales tax 13%, gas tax, user fees, healthcare supplement etc one level of government or another ends up with well over 50% of my gross. Taxes keep going up, and I have to wonder if there will ever be an end to it?

When people stop allowing it…. so no. They are like a crackhead or compulsive gambler. It doesn’t matter how much you give them they will squander it all. Plus I dunno about Canada but at least in the US we are in the whole a few trillion so it’s not like they even manage it very well.

540iSUP · 11-17-2021, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by nawfoo

What's next? Paying for oxygen?

I charge people for breathing oxygen so we are already here.

Murf993 · 11-17-2021, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

When people stop allowing it…. so no. They are like a crackhead or compulsive gambler. It doesn’t matter how much you give them they will squander it all. Plus I dunno about Canada but at least in the US we are in the whole a few trillion so it’s not like they even manage it very well.

We are $1.5 Trillion in the hole and 1/10 the population of the US, so clearly not managing our money well.

Fly320s · 11-17-2021, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

We are $1.5 Trillion in the hole and 1/10 the population of the US, so clearly not managing our money well.

Pikers. The US is $29T in the hole. Ten times your population with almost 20 times your debt. You guys gotta catch up.

Tuxedo · 11-17-2021, 07:29 AM

I know many complain about taxes, I want to compliment the expense.

I have lived where tax is low

I currently live where tax is high
the services available, the timely response of service is 10x better in the higher tax. The schools 10x better. This makes the value of the home 10x better as well... build it and tax it and they will come.

a corrupt politician may bad apples the whole lot of it, until one does I'm happy to pay for the much better services.

OkieSnuffBox · 11-17-2021, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

We are $1.5 Trillion in the hole and 1/10 the population of the US, so clearly not managing our money well.

Deficit != Debt

OkieSnuffBox · 11-17-2021, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Murf993

It begs the question though, and we are much higher taxed in Canada than most. At what point in time will government have enough? By the time I pay all my taxes, federal income tax, provincial income tax, property tax, Harmonized sales tax 13%, gas tax, user fees, healthcare supplement etc one level of government or another ends up with well over 50% of my gross. Taxes keep going up, and I have to wonder if there will ever be an end to it?

We don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.

Watch, in the next two decades in the US, the crybaby millennials will take private 401k's in the interest of the greater good. The same way Congress uses SS as a bank they never pay back.

ryan stewart · 11-17-2021, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox

We don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem.

Watch, in the next two decades in the US, the crybaby millennials will take private 401k's in the interest of the greater good. The same way Congress uses SS as a bank they never pay back.

This is how you tell everyone you don’t have the slightest clue what you’re talking at without actually saying you have no clue what you’re talking about.

Gotta love boomers…

ryan stewart · 11-17-2021, 08:36 AM

BTW if you actually read the article the only reason they are even entertaining the idea is to help broadcasters, who are losing business to streaming services. It was capitalisms idea to use the govt to create a barrier for entry for their competitors.

Maybe we should tax those corporations instead.

Patton250 · 11-17-2021, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Tuxedo

I know many complain about taxes, I want to compliment the expense.

I have lived where tax is low

I currently live where tax is high
the services available, the timely response of service is 10x better in the higher tax. The schools 10x better. This makes the value of the home 10x better as well... build it and tax it and they will come.

a corrupt politician may bad apples the whole lot of it, until one does I'm happy to pay for the much better services.

Total and complete BS. LA and NYC have the highest taxes in the country and they are rat holes. Nice try though. 10X better

That made my day.

CTinline-six · 11-17-2021, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Patton250

Total and complete BS. LA and NYC have the highest taxes in the country and they are rat holes. Nice try though. 10X better

That made my day.

+1

Really depends on how it's managed. My town actually does a fairly decent job managing tax revenue, I can't complain. I've dealt with some school districts/towns that were very wealthy and truly awful at managing money though.

ryan stewart · 11-17-2021, 11:06 AM

If NY, LA and SF are such terrible places why do they house the most valuable property in the country?

UncleWede · 11-17-2021, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ryan stewart

If NY, LA and SF are such terrible places why do they house the most valuable property in the country?

Just take a look at the roads and even sidewalks in LA. Shit is STOOPID.

We were reviewing our house, and a few others around us, on Zillow last night.

Are you F'king kidding me???? I literally live in da Hood, a documented area of low income. I have almost (2/22) paid off my home that I bought 15 ago at 225. 800K????? I wouldn't buy from me

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TiMSport Banned 12870 Rep 2,983 Posts Drives: '21 M340i xDrive, '17 Audi S3 Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: ATL iTrader: (0)	FCC proposing a "WiFi tax"? Ridiculous. Can't imagine the shit storm this would cause if it were to actually pass. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbest...h=7e89d61219d7
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2000cs Major 4260 Rep 1,019 Posts Drives: Potato Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: USA iTrader: (1)	Unfortunately the comment date for this has passed, largely unnoticed. https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...n+mailing+list So while you can whine to the FCC, they won’t listen at this point. I’d suggest hitting your federal legislators email boxes and encourage others to do the same. Just let them know you expect them to oppose the FCC’s WiFi tax and, if necessary, introduce and vote for legislation to prohibit it.
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Murf993 Major 14023 Rep 1,336 Posts Drives: Porsche 993 Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Dog Lake, South Frontenac, Ontario Canada iTrader: (0)	It begs the question though, and we are much higher taxed in Canada than most. At what point in time will government have enough? By the time I pay all my taxes, federal income tax, provincial income tax, property tax, Harmonized sales tax 13%, gas tax, user fees, healthcare supplement etc one level of government or another ends up with well over 50% of my gross. Taxes keep going up, and I have to wonder if there will ever be an end to it?
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ryan stewart Major 2274 Rep 1,383 Posts Drives: 2008 328it Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	BTW if you actually read the article the only reason they are even entertaining the idea is to help broadcasters, who are losing business to streaming services. It was capitalisms idea to use the govt to create a barrier for entry for their competitors. Maybe we should tax those corporations instead.
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