Rasmussen on a Tax for Newspapers

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/06/rasmussen-on-a-tax-for-newspapers

FastCompany picks up a Rasmussen poll on the ideas in the FTC discussion paper on saving the newspaper business:

Of 1,000 adults surveyed over two days this week, 84% of respondents oppose imposing a 3% tax on cell phone calls to provide a fund to prop up the newspaper business and "traditional" journalism. 76% of people opposed a 5% tax on computers, including devices like iPads and Kindles for the same purpose, and 74% opposed a tax on news Web aggregators to help support the "traditional" news services they draw their stories from. A full 71% of respondees opposed the idea of creating a tax-funded program to hire and support young reporters to work in nationwide newspapers, and only 14% of those surveyed supported the notion.

Looks like Steve Brill was right.

by Editor  |  Jun 14, 2010 at 12:33 pm Related Topics:  Politics, Press, Taxes receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list