BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days 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-up198arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up197arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRichardDegenne@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 days 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-up6·3 days 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.
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.