Thank god the analog software is still safe
this post was submitted on 18 May 2026
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California, continuing to find any other regressive tax they can implement rather than just forcing rich and old people to pay more property taxes on their homes that are locked in at rates from the 1970s-1990s.
As someone that buys software in BestBuy often, I've seen Gavin buy the same Turbotax CD-R rougly 13 times. Syke. Then he found out that all his friends don't buy software in BestBuy.
Good luck with forcing this on FOSS.
How does this comment even make sense. If you get it free, no tax. If you donate, no tax. If you actually purchase a service, the same tax should apply as any other service.
Your post is reaching Trump-level stupidity. Do you know what the F in FOSS stands for?
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Well, now we've got Trump on the right imposing new regressive taxes:
https://www.hbs.edu/bigs/robert-lawrence-qa-trade-tariffs
And since tariffs are only levied on goods, and since it's poorer Americans who spend a greater share of their consumption on goods than rich Americans, this is a highly regressive tax.
And Newsom on the left:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_tax
Because the rate of a sales tax does not change based on a person's income or wealth, sales taxes are generally considered regressive...Investopedia defines a regressive tax as "[a] tax that takes a larger percentage from low-income people than from high-income people. A regressive tax is generally a tax that is applied uniformly. This means that it hits lower-income individuals harder".
EDIT: As of 2025, California has the eighth-highest average combined state-local sales tax rate in the US, at 8.802%:
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/sales-tax-rates-2025/