[governance] FW: TP: city government exercising policy on Google Applications / consumer rights / Consumer Protection Act / trial period

[parminder]

On Monday 11 July 2011 11:43 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>
> Local governments have a lot to do with local things. Or have you 
> forgotten about things like roads, schools, crime and law enforcement, 
> etc.?
>
I havent forgotten them, but maybe you have! All these things need taxes 
to be collected. And you seem to consider legitimate taxation as a 
parasitizing activity.....

> Local govts that try to parasitize virtual businesses tend not to 
> focus on what they need to be doing.
>

that just your ideological gov-hatred coming through, or else do you 
have any basis for making such a sweeping statement?

Milton, Either you accept local jurisdictions and their disparate tax 
systems or you work for some kind of a global regime which is fair to 
all. You cant run away from both, as you seem to do.

  Parminder
>
> *From:*parminder [mailto:parminder at itforchange.net]
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 09, 2011 3:08 AM
> *To:* Milton L Mueller
> *Cc:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; 'McTim'
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] FW: TP: city government exercising policy 
> on Google Applications / consumer rights / Consumer Protection Act / 
> trial period
>
>
>
> On Friday 08 July 2011 09:40 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
>
> Good god, let's hope not.
>
>
> shd we than dissolve local governments, and it is enough that the US 
> collects most of the taxes from the world over because in any case it 
> seems to be doing much of the governance.... (someone said recently, 
> ironically of course, that everyone in the world should be allowed to 
> vote for forming the US government!)
>
>
>
> Do municipal statutes have jurisdiction over non-local global
> corporations with only a virtual presence/assets locally i.e. can a
> municipal tax apply to virtually supplied electronic apps for example?
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