Comments on: Mickey Tax Update

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:41:56 +0000

I don’t know what you’re talking about Henry. What do you mean by ‘pushback’, ‘pike’, ‘flack’ and ‘boondoggle’?

By: PeWi

PeWi — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:36:55 +0000

This reminds me of the late GDR. It’s currency was so weak, that you had to change 25 West German Marks into 25 East German Marks. Per day, and per person. and you were not allowed to take the money outside the country. You had to spend it in the GDR.

I always wondered where this US government got it’s ideas from…

Domestic spying, torture, human rights violations, ecological policies – it all makes sense now.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:15:33 +0000

Why should The People be deprived of its share of the loot?

Because The People aren’t intended to have a share?

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By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:51:35 +0000

Government or not

Government. That’s what the post is about. Without government all of these organizations remain perfectly capable of ripping off tourists in order to pay for their own advertising.

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By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:14 +0000

I’m with abb1, I like my vices pure and unalloyed.

Therefore the government should do it.

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:56:09 +0000

I’m with abb1, I like my vices pure and unalloyed.

By: banned commenter

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By: c.l. ball

c.l. ball — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:05:47 +0000

Re my #4, a few more Google searches and USG webpages later, I would have discovered that the
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Program was authorized by the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007.

DHS maycharge a fee for ESTA now to recover the creation and implementation costs, but has not done so yet. The Mickey Tax Act would authorize but not require DHS to tack up to a $10 travel promo charge if it wishes to. It does not require it, but DHS may very well be lobbied to do so.

Never the less, it is still a stupid and insulting idea. Charging a tourist who has already come to the US in order to pay for marketing to get other tourists to come is absurd.

By: SG

SG — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:45:48 +0000

but “libertarian equals contrarian”.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:30:54 +0000

That should be “contrarian (does not equal) libertarian”.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:30:21 +0000

contrarian libertarian. I’m contrarian for fun, but libertarian from principle. And you’ll find damn few libertarians advocating a tax, or service charge, or anything else government-mandated, to benefit a specific industry.

Disney has done great harm around the world because Congress is its willing bitch (setting aside such offenses as Song of the South). Libertarians are, for once, your ally on a policy matter. And if you actually want to debate the gun thing, we can do that, but I don’t think Henry wants his thread hijacked any further.

By: SG

SG — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:59:51 +0000

shelby reminds me that this is the kind of law one would expect libertarian shills to love, if it weren’t for the unfortunate fact that it’s a tax. After all, libertarians love contrarian logic – more guns=less murder, lower tax rates=more tax income, war=peace, etc. On contrarian principles they would be all for a tax on tourists to promote tourism. If only the people passing this law could have found a way to phrase it as a service charge, they could have got all the libertarian shills on side, just because its contrarian logic is so appealing.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:19:45 +0000

And we can have a gun-purchase rebate to subsidize the beneficial social consequences of gun ownership, such as reduced crime rates!

Mary?