Blog Tax
The Pimply Minion’s Rebellion of 2010 continues apace.
It really seems this summer that governments in North America have started a war on the citizenry.
And it’s not big government, Stephen Harper and Barak Obama coming down from on high. It’s not even Premier Dad, Premier Uncle Jean and Premier Auntie Eva: Political middle managers bullying the staff. No, this is the locals, the councils and the by-law officers declaring what you can and cannot do full stop.
Want a lemonade? it must have the pimply minion seal of approval; want to get together with 75 friends and associates to discuss freedom on private property? not without a permit; want to write a blog? not without a license:
…Marilyn Bess has operated MS Philly Organic, a small, low-traffic blog…
In May, the city sent Bess a letter demanding that she pay $300, the price of a business privilege license.
“… for the city to tell me to pony up $300 for a business privilege license, pay a wage tax, business privilege tax, net profits tax on a handful of money is outrageous,” Bess says.
Of course, now Bess gets to write everything off, her computer, the room in her house where she blogs from, her server space &tc.
Except, I agree with William L. Anderson at The Freeman:
…I suspect there’s a more important reason for this new government outrage: intimidation of anyone who would use a blog to criticize government officials.
In other words, it’s not about the money, it’s about the rebellion.
I learned years ago that the corruption starts here in your own town and some say that is where it is worst. (real conservative)