perpetual memory loss

In honor of the Governor’s hair-brained scheme to put taxes on iTunes downloads (and possibly other DLC), and a host of other dumb taxes, I am posting this SNL skit about him.  I mean there is a $15.4 billion budget gap.  So raising taxes on small stuff like digital content and soda is a bit like McCain’s claims that if we vetoed all ear-marks we would magically have a budget surplus.  15.4 billion is a big number and means that there is inefficiency in your government, so fix that shit first, and that most (if not all) of the gap is going to have to be made up with broad reforms to the way things are done on a daily basis in government.  Proposals like this just piss people off because they know that instead of looking in the mirror you are just trying to squeeze some more money out of everyday people.  One more thing if you appoint Caroline Kennedy as Hillary’s replacement then you should be impeached, because she has the same amount of experience as Sarah Palin.

Updated – 4:38

Ok here is a commentary from Paterson explaining why he wants to raise taxes on sugary drinks.  Basically it boils down to taxing a substance like soda in the hopes of preventing people from drinking an excess of soda, and hopefully to curb the rising rates of childhood obesity.  Now in theory I shouldn’t care because I rarely ever drink soda, but I do have a huge problem with this.  This is just another instance of the government stepping in and taking on a role that does not belong to them.  Since when is it the governments job to tell people what to eat and drink.  It takes away the responsibilty from the parents and essentially absovles them of being shitty parents.  The government should be finding a way to put responsibility and blame back on the parents instead of taking more upon itself.

Another point I want to make is the taxing of iTunes and possibly other digital downloads.  This is a terrible idea also because the government and corporations have been fighting to get digital piracy under control, and they have been making success over the last few years–specifically with iTunes.  However, start throwing extra taxes on these legitimate downloads and it will have the same effect as the Coercive and Townshend Acts did, namely drive people back to piracy.  Dumb ideas, government needs to look in the mirror and start trimming the fat off of some of their programs, and they need to modernize and get hip with the digital age.

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