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| France Mulls Culture Tax on Smartphones, Tablets |
| 2013-05-14 |
| [An Nahar] The French government is considering creating a new tax on smartphones and tablets in a bid to raise millions to support the creation of digital cultural content inside La Belle France. The proposal, handed to President Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist... Monday, outlines a 1 percent tax on the sale of Internet-compatible devices, targeting companies such as Google ...contributed $814,540 to the 2008 Obama campaign... , Apple and Amazon. The tax would yield about 86 million euros per year. The revenue would help cultural industries create French content such as music, images and videos. The proposal is part of La Belle France's "cultural exception," a policy that protects French cinema and music industries, and other creative sectors, against foreign -- often American -- competition. The French government will meet leading figures of the cultural sector in the next few weeks before any decision is made. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 I prefer Bourbon anyway :-) |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2013-05-14 21:51 |
| #7 "The Imperial German Navy is gone, guess what is not?" Do we get 3 guesses, EC? ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-14 21:50 |
| #6 Ah interesting tax. Reminds me of the tax for sparkling wine that was introduced to finance the building of the Imperial German Navy. The Imperial German Navy is gone, guess what is not? |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2013-05-14 21:48 |
| #5 And if enacted will continue as a tax like the 'temporary' phone tax to pay for the Spanish-American War. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-05-14 21:08 |
| #4 You're right, AP - our stupid gummint |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-14 19:17 |
| #3 You may call me a dreamer, but I'm not the only one......heh |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-05-14 19:08 |
| #2 Here's a novel idea for ya', France. Stop taxing everything in sight and start SPENDING LESS. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-05-14 14:05 |
| #1 Their gonna have a committee full of socialist bureaucrats decide what music, images and video to subsidize. Can't wait to see and hear the results. Frer Jacques, Frer Jacques, Dormez vous? Dormez vous? Yep. It'll be guaranteed to put you to sleep. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-05-14 12:20 |