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Re:AI's energy footprint by rcpt on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @11:04AM (#44052259)
Sales taxes are hugely popular and nobody gets a check in the mail from that
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Re:AI's energy footprint by triceratops on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @11:10AM (#44052332)
I don't know if you can call any tax "hugely popular". They're at best "grudgingly tolerated".
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Re:AI's energy footprint by rcpt on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @12:03PM (#44052907)
Sure they're not popular like Beyonce is but look at the map

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_St...

Those were all voted in. It's a type of tax that people are happy with for whatever reason.

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