FTC Proposes 5% Tax On "Consumer Electronics"

• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-06-04 23:33

  Quote from Beepuke;54709:

  Move. NOW. D:

  
  
  He lives in Canada
  the taxes are supposed to be high over there.
• Chockeh wrote on 2010-06-04 23:38

  Quote from Osayidan;54705:

  Imagine this over where I live, our sales tax is 15%. Horrible enough as it is, 100$ costs you 115$ instead.

  
  At the very least, free healthcare :/...
  So the tax is 15% huh...
• Intex wrote on 2010-06-05 01:03
  We have a 5% sales tax.
  It's not so bad.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-06-05 02:10

  Quote from pkMaster;54621:

  Man this is stupid. WTH is the purpose of this tax other than to grab more money. I tell ya, the government is too damn corrupt.
  :mad:

  
  
  Was obviously not reading the rest of the thread. Read what they're trying to do with the money they make.
  Though its a retarded idea. They're obviously not whoring the money for themselves.
  
  

  Quote from Intex;54827:

  We have a 5% sales tax.
  It's not so bad.

  
  
  Freaking.
  
  Where do you live? So nice. Thats where I'm going.
• Intex wrote on 2010-06-05 02:15
  I think it's actually a 6% sales tax.
  They added 1% at some point and now our generation can never remember x_x
• Arsik wrote on 2010-06-05 02:17
  If you don't like the sales tax in what ever state you live it, move to New Hampshire. No sales tax, or state income tax. 9% tax on what ever food you order from restaurants or on hotel/motel rooms, but no sales or income tax.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-06-05 02:29

  Quote from Arsik;54867:

  If you don't like the sales tax in what ever state you live it, move to New Hampshire. No sales tax, or state income tax. 9% tax on what ever food you order from restaurants or on hotel/motel rooms, but no sales or income tax.

  
  
  No income tax?
  
  What the hell?
  
  I literally get knocked off 25% from what I earn, just to get knocked off another 7.5% on everything I buy.
  
  Please tell me your minimum wage is like 4 dollars an hour or things are very imba.
  
  What is this, seriously. How does currency in American manage to retain the same value if a dollar in one state is worth so much more than another? What about online orders?
  
  Jesus.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-06-05 02:32

  Quote from Arsik;54867:

  If you don't like the sales tax in what ever state you live it, move to New Hampshire. No sales tax, or state income tax. 9% tax on what ever food you order from restaurants or on hotel/motel rooms, but no sales or income tax.

  
  
  Sorry but the cat is near E3 in California
• Arsik wrote on 2010-06-05 03:02

  Quote from Margatroid;54877:

  No income tax?
  
  What the hell?
  
  I literally get knocked off 25% from what I earn, just to get knocked off another 7.5% on everything I buy.
  
  Please tell me your minimum wage is like 4 dollars an hour or things are very imba.
  
  What is this, seriously. How does currency in American manage to retain the same value if a dollar in one state is worth so much more than another? What about online orders?
  
  Jesus.

  
  
  $7.25 an hour, as mandated by the federal government.
  
  As long as you don't:
  
  invest in stocks (5% of earnings), go gambling excessively or depend on the lottery (10% of winnings), own a business (8.5% if you make more than $50,000, and another .75%), two way communications (7.5%), electricity ($0.00055 per kilowatt hour), tobacco, transfer of real state ($0.75 for every $100), timber (10% of the price of the wood), gravel (for moving more than 1,000 cubic feet), local property and education taxes (varies from town to town), or own a utility company ($6.60 for every $1,000 your utility property is worth).
  
  So long as you don't fall under any of those things (communications and electricity exceptions), you'll be pretty well made with your income.
  
  

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;54879:

  Sorry but the cat is near E3 in California

  
  
  Meh, E3 is a little overrated in my opinion. I'll just be like almost everyone else and read about what's going on at E3 on the internet. Plus besides, if I wanted to go to a gaming news conference, I'd much rather go to the Tokyo Game Show than E3.
• Forsaken wrote on 2010-06-05 03:49
  E3 is pretty overrated lol.
  
  I liked it a lot more when it was just -industry- rather than what it has become... Which is basically a showcase for upcoming games. Putting it all in one place is just a huge migraine after the fact, and they use to have a rule that you can't leave and come back (Don't know if they still do), and were charging like $5-6 for water lol.
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-06-05 03:50
  E3 is no longer public
  it's video game media only.
• Forsaken wrote on 2010-06-05 03:53

  Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;54964:

  E3 is no longer public
  it's video game media only.

  
  
  Thats what they say, but there are always people from the public there.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-06-05 03:56

  Quote from Arsik;54910:

  
  invest in stocks (5% of earnings), go gambling excessively or depend on the lottery (10% of winnings), own a business (8.5% if you make more than $50,000, and another .75%), two way communications (7.5%), electricity ($0.00055 per kilowatt hour), tobacco, transfer of real state ($0.75 for every $100), timber (10% of the price of the wood), gravel (for moving more than 1,000 cubic feet), local property and education taxes (varies from town to town), or own a utility company ($6.60 for every $1,000 your utility property is worth).

  
  
  Thats ridiculous! We charge more tax for ALL those things!
  
  My dad pays 45% income tax!! He loses literally half his money!
  I pay 23%! Thats more than a fifth!
  
  And our minimum wage is 7.25 which is what I'm being paid.
  
  This is bs. I quit living in Minnesota.