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French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed — law still has to pass Senate approval. (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 1 point 6 days ago (1 child)

Well... ask the socialists that proposed it what their reasoning was...

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago*

    They aren't socialists, they're members of the center-left neoliberal "parti socialiste".

    The solution to the debt crisis is not regressive taxes and austerity, that's what Macron's been doing and it's only gotten worse.

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