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Slingin Sammy 33 · 06-04-2010, 12:33 PM

I didn't want to start a thread on this, so I guess this is the best place.

If the FTC and Obama Admin have their way, we'll be looking at an extra 5% tax on all the cool new TVs and gadgets to pay for the failing newspaper industry. Nothing like gov't control in journalism, I guess it's payback for all the favorable press and support from the NY Times, LA Times, and Huffing....oops..Washington Post.

FOXNews.com - Journalism 'Reinvention' Smacks of Government Control, Critics Say

"- a 5 percent tax on consumer electronics, which would generate roughly $4 billion annually, to pay for increased public funding."

06-04-2010, 12:33 PM	#54
Slingin Sammy 33 Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 4,347	Re: Does anyone else hate taxes? I didn't want to start a thread on this, so I guess this is the best place. If the FTC and Obama Admin have their way, we'll be looking at an extra 5% tax on all the cool new TVs and gadgets to pay for the failing newspaper industry. Nothing like gov't control in journalism, I guess it's payback for all the favorable press and support from the NY Times, LA Times, and Huffing....oops..Washington Post. FOXNews.com - Journalism 'Reinvention' Smacks of Government Control, Critics Say "- a 5 percent tax on consumer electronics, which would generate roughly $4 billion annually, to pay for increased public funding." __________________ "I would bet.....(if), an angel fairy came down and said, '[You can have anything] in the world you would like to own,' I wouldn't be surprised if you said a football club and particularly the Washington Redskins.'' — Jack Kent Cooke, 1996.