Alan Kellogg commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
I doubt taking ads has anything to do with it. Philly just wants local bloggers to pay the licensing fee.
View ArticleSteve Adams commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
What self-respecting blogger will pay this? I must have a layover or something there some time so I can stop by and blog illegally just to taunt the idiots. Give me blogging or give me death you philly...
View ArticlePeter commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
If I lived in Philly I'd have moved a few decades back. Still, I'd have to make a lot of money blogging before I'd pay any three hundred a year. More like I'd not take advertising or sell T-shirts or...
View ArticleReaganite Republican commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
Is that hard to get around? I can think of five ways right off the bat
View Articlelonetown commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
Doesn't this, in effect, give you all the deductions of a small business?
View Articlemchl commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
View ArticleGunga commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
Now my advice for those who die, (taxman) Declare the pennies on your eyes. (taxman) 'Cause I’m the taxman, Yeah, I’m the taxman. And you're working for no one but me.
View ArticleJeff commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
what party is this in Phily ? (Like I had to ask ...)
View ArticleJeff commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
If you post a comment on a Philly blog are you also considered a Philly blogger ?
View Articletehag commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
If Philly wants to go dark and drop off the net, except for official press releases, it's ok by me.
View ArticleID commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
Post the names and pictures of the councilmen who voted for this illegal tax. They should be proud to receive the publicity.
View ArticleCatoRenasci commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
The Philly Blogger Tax is the modern equivalent of the Stamp Act of 1765 - one of the most important milestones in the road to the War for Independence.
View Articlesouthdakotaboy commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
Philly bloggers must hound these councilmen to the ends of the Earth. Every blogger must dig up every piece of personal dirt on these scum bags no matter how petty and small. If it is embarrassing or...
View ArticleTania Gail commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
FYI: All 17 members of Philadelphia City Council are up for reelection next year.
View ArticleSDN commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
See, guys, the problem isn't whether any individual Philly blogger can be nailed. The problem is that the Philly tax man can turn to your ISP and say "We think this blogger is living in Philly. You...
View Articlebandit commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
It may as well be a tax designed to curtail blogging. Light dawns on Marblehead. $300 is a lot for a business license though.
View ArticleJanetoo commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
I just dropped my daughter off in Philly for grad school. I have never been there before and I must say… OMG! FILTHADELPHIA is more like it. I read that one million pounds of trash cover the city and I...
View ArticleSamual Adams commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
A $300 tax on free speech is the moral equivalent to a $300 poll tax to vote. Plus earning a living by starting by being self-employed is a right and not a privilege. You can express your outrage by...
View ArticleJay Lewis commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
On a practical note, what does one have to do to be liable for this Philadelphia tax? If your host service is headquartered in Seattle; your IIS server is physically located in Dallas (or Toronto or...
View ArticleAndy commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
Traditionally, the local authorities have the right to tax if you have physical presence in the locality. (My wife set up a website in our county and she went and got a business license -- a lot less...
View ArticleDensityDuck commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
The Democrat countersnark: "Well, you arseholes are always SAYING that FREEDOM ISN'T FREE, now's your chance to PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS LULZ!!!"
View ArticleJay Lewis commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
"...if your home is in Philadelphia..." Hang on. By this standard, if you live in Philly and run a boutique in the suburbs, you have to get a business license from Philly. I'll have to research that one.
View ArticleXiaoding commented on 'Philly $300 Tax Will Kill Blogging'
Mommy! I opened a business, and they want me to pay money! Wah!!! Crybabies. If they were making a thousand a day, we would be hearing how smart they are, all day long! Take the ad's off your "blog",...
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