alt Hacker NewsIf the US were to follow this excellent idea to raise revenue, it could completely solve the federal budget deficit.
A modest download tax of USD $2.07 per GB suffices.
Estimate:
- 134 million households
- approx 80% of households subscribe to home broadband
- approx 750 GB download per month per household
- $2 trillion annual deficit
- assumes no change in household behaviour in response to the new taxReplies
dlahoda • yesterday at 11:22 PM
instead of taxing some people to cover bad behaviour of others, may be should just allow musk doge?
>assumes no change in household behaviour in response to the new tax
Lol, my behavior would change a lot if I was paying $2 per gig, my god