BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month agoU.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 devicewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkU.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 devicewww.tomshardware.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareI_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoLike taxing houses based on the number of windows
minus-squareibot@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax
minus-squareRichardDegenne@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 month ago 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.
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoOne 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.
Like taxing houses based on the number of windows
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_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.