Comments on: Congress Proposes Federal Tax on Downloaded Music

By: The day the music was taxed

The day the music was taxed — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:02:53 +0000

[...] hearing sweet tax music: No, this is not a belated April Fool's joke a la taxgirl's tax tongue-in-cheek piece earlier this month. This taxing approach by states is definitely [...]

By: Urbie

Urbie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:09:24 +0000

I have to admit, Kelly, you got me on that one — although with all the stupid taxes (and tax breaks) being proposed on a daily basis, nothing should come as a surprise anymore. We’re reaching the point that caused Tom Lehrer to give up satire, because, he said, events were now arriving pre-satirized, a situation that reached its apotheosis the day Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize!

In any case, though, I went a year ahead on my iCal and put an entry for 4/1/10 that reads, “April Fools Day: Read No Blogs!”

Urb

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:45:09 +0000

Geni,

That is – believe it or not – the one part of the post that IS TRUE! Byrd is an accomplished fiddler, has appeared on Hee Haw and has put out that album. Really!

By: Geni

Geni — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:37:36 +0000

Love this. Especially the part about Byrd being a fiddler which I can’t imagine. And it is a shame about the Pennsylvania Polka.

I sure hope Congress doesn’t get wind of your post and impose this tax. Thanks for making us think and for explaining how things really work on the hill!

By: April Fool’s Day Humor | taxgirl

April Fool’s Day Humor | taxgirl — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:28:57 +0000

[...] case you missed the not so subtle humor in Thursday’s post (referencing among other things, Dutch cheese), it was an April Fool’s Day joke. I know some [...]

By: garagefather

garagefather — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:28:09 +0000

This tax is great so long as government doesn’t have to cut one penny from their budgets. I don’t know how the American people could survive budget cuts. What if uncle sam could only spend $2.5 trillion instead of $3.5 trillion? The world would end! Can you imagine all those dead beats out there that would have to find a job to live? Oh the humanity!
I do think they should double the tax for rap and cut it in half for country. Rap is linked to violence and crime which costs the tax payer more. Country, on the other hand, doesn’t promote criminal behavior and may even put enough people to sleep to prevent crime.
I like the perfume and cologne tax as well. Ever since they outlawed smoking in buildings, all we all have to smell is the stench coming off our fellow employees that passes for perfume. Since peoples’ tastes are different and most perfumes are obnoxious, a new tax would prohibit their use in the volumes that people are currently using and the cost would prohibit their use except for special occasions. That way all of our air would be less polluted.
Since we are talking about smelly air, I think that we should also charge a flatulence tax. Green house gases are emitted and our clean air is being corrupted. All we need are personal flow meters attached to everyone’s rear end and once a year we could go to the tax man and let him read our meters.

By: Kelvin Kao

Kelvin Kao — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:58:44 +0000

“I’m just country, y’all. I never meant to do art.” Congress agreed.

Haha, that is amusing. I was thinking “wow, congress is stupid” and I can definitely believe congress to be THAT stupid, until I see that line, which made me laugh. And then of course, the rest of it is funny too.

I like.