After dutifully reporting even the smallest profits on their tax filings this year, a number — though no one knows exactly what that number is — of Philadelphia bloggers were dispatched letters informing them that they owe $300 for a privilege license, plus taxes on any profits they made.
Even if, as with Sean Barry, that profit is $11 over two years.
My blog is purely a hobby, but I’d probably get nabbed for selling a t-shirt
Sure, the city has its rules; and yes, cash-strapped cities can’t very well ignore potential sources of income. But at the same time, there must be some room for discretion and common sense.
(Somebody is a deluded idiot.) Government is about imposition. How do you know traffic is being controlled unless it is being controlled badly? “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.”
The city wants some people to pay more in taxes than they earn.
Damned straight. If they don’t pay up… prosecution and fines! No productive person shall be allowed to steal value from protected minorities. Diversity or death (and somebody must pay the bills – that’s you, sucker).