Don't Regulate Online Weasels, just "Tax the Fuck" out of them

You know what scares EBAY?

Not guys like Braunstein buying chloroform on their site and sexually attacking women. Not women upset that "revenge porn" photos of themselves are being sold without age/consent signatures. Not pdf versions of copyrighted books being sold or Photoshopped or stolen celeb pix or forgeries.

TAXES. They keep screaming about how terrible it will be if all sellers have to charge TAX.

Ebay bidders, notoriously cheap, don't even want to pay postage. They also expect to be able to return items after they use them, and heap abuse on sellers because sellers are barred from leaving negatives.

But gee, one thing about the "United States" is they don't have to be united. Cities can even make up their own rules.

Brrr, brr, the windy city of Chicago is TAXING NETFLIX.

What next? EBAY?

Maybe cities are tired of empty stores and not having enough money for cops and firemen and teachers.

Maybe instead of the "digital millennium act" to help Millennials cheat and steal, it's time to balance the power and save the Mom and Pop stores where people browse only to buy cheaper online.

Maybe the infamous TAXMAN will go after anyone who is giving away George Harrison songs on a "cloud" site, one that does not state "under penalty of perjury" that royalties are being paid.

Imagine how much money governments would raise if they went after all Internet sites that were giving away what is being sold in stores. How about taxing the weasels who are making a fortune while paying NOTHING in taxes?

One of the big surprises, years ago, was Amazon being forced to charge tax in CERTAIN cities. If Amazon has a branch office in New York, then they charge New Yorkers tax. It doesn't matter that the company headquarters are in California.

To build the Internet, the government allowed for the "we're just a venue" defense, and "we're not a local store so we don't pay local taxes...we just get people to check items at the local store and then buy from US online."

Maybe the TAXMAN will take a deeper look at all the Paypal donation sites, too. One thing about the TAXMAN is that he does not like "FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE."