BrikoX ( @BrikoX@lemmy.zip ) M to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months 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-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up157file-text
arrow-up157external-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.com BrikoX ( @BrikoX@lemmy.zip ) M to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoLike taxing houses based on the number of windows
minus-square ibot ( @ibot@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax
minus-square RichardDegenne ( @RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months 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-square chicken ( @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months 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.