Cloud Computing Tax Threatens Chicago's Silicon Valley Ambitions (finance.yahoo.com) 5 points by dcgudeman 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] Spivak 1y ago ↗ Can anyone explain why this could be a good tax because I'm not seeing it? On the surface this seems incredibly stupid.* Not taxing money directly but instead "usage."* Taxing behavior you're trying to encourage.* Pushing businesses away from software that allows for environmentally sound practices like paperless operations and remote work.* "Cloud computing" is effectively a proxy for business activity and it's a really bad one.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 14.4 ms ] thread* Not taxing money directly but instead "usage."
* Taxing behavior you're trying to encourage.
* Pushing businesses away from software that allows for environmentally sound practices like paperless operations and remote work.
* "Cloud computing" is effectively a proxy for business activity and it's a really bad one.