Comments on: Will Washington bail out the MSM with an iPad tax? http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/06/03/will-washington-bail-out-the-msm-with-an-ipad-tax/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: muckdog http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/06/03/will-washington-bail-out-the-msm-with-an-ipad-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-8354 muckdog Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:30:18 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=3967#comment-8354 An iPad tax. LOL. Well, ATT is doing that by restructuring their wireless data usage fees (starting Monday). Their selling it as a way to reduce costs for most customers. Yeah, right. Until the new gizmos with iChat and cloud music storage require more and more wireless data. We can see that coming, right? No doubt about it, this government wants our money. They have lots of big plans. They seem to think that a big, strong government is the key to economic success. (The last bunch of Republicans weren't so hot, either). So as we enter this new age of mass-usage of portable web electronics, the government wants to get a piece of the pie. And hey, it's another way to increase taxes on the middle class without modifying the marginal tax brackets, and thus not being an official tax hike. An iPad tax. LOL. Well, ATT is doing that by restructuring their wireless data usage fees (starting Monday). Their selling it as a way to reduce costs for most customers. Yeah, right. Until the new gizmos with iChat and cloud music storage require more and more wireless data.

We can see that coming, right?

No doubt about it, this government wants our money. They have lots of big plans. They seem to think that a big, strong government is the key to economic success. (The last bunch of Republicans weren’t so hot, either).

So as we enter this new age of mass-usage of portable web electronics, the government wants to get a piece of the pie.

And hey, it’s another way to increase taxes on the middle class without modifying the marginal tax brackets, and thus not being an official tax hike.

]]> By: OldBob http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/06/03/will-washington-bail-out-the-msm-with-an-ipad-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-8344 OldBob Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:55:59 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=3967#comment-8344 This is a joke ... right?? This is a joke … right??

]]> By: TommyK http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/06/03/will-washington-bail-out-the-msm-with-an-ipad-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-8338 TommyK Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:27:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=3967#comment-8338 Interesting article, keep the klieg lights on this. You wrote "...I find it hard to believe voters would be willing to subsidize a broken business model." The American people by a 60/40 margin did not want Obamacare... but we got it. Better hope this does not come up for a vote before November. Interesting article, keep the klieg lights on this.
You wrote “…I find it hard to believe voters would be willing to subsidize a broken business model.” The American people by a 60/40 margin did not want Obamacare… but we got it. Better hope this does not come up for a vote before November.

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