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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 762454" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><strong>Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license</strong></p><p></p><p> <strong> By: Mark Hemingway</strong></p><p><strong> Commentary Staff Writer</strong></p><p><strong> 08/22/10 5:10 PM EDT </strong></p><p></p><p> It looks like cash hungry local governments are getting awfully rapacious these days:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over the last few years she says she’s made about $50. To [Marilyn] Bess, her website is a hobby. To the city of Philadelphia, it’s a potential moneymaker, and the city wants its cut.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">In May, the city sent Bess a letter demanding that she pay $300, the price of a business privilege license.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“The real kick in the pants is that I don’t even have a full-time job, so for the city to tell me to pony up $300 for a business privilege license, pay wage tax, business privilege tax, net profits tax on a handful of money is outrageous,” Bess says.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 762454, member: 12952"] [B]Philly requiring bloggers to pay $300 for a business license[/B] [B] By: Mark Hemingway Commentary Staff Writer 08/22/10 5:10 PM EDT [/B] It looks like cash hungry local governments are getting awfully rapacious these days: [INDENT]Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over the last few years she says she’s made about $50. To [Marilyn] Bess, her website is a hobby. To the city of Philadelphia, it’s a potential moneymaker, and the city wants its cut. In May, the city sent Bess a letter demanding that she pay $300, the price of a business privilege license. “The real kick in the pants is that I don’t even have a full-time job, so for the city to tell me to pony up $300 for a business privilege license, pay wage tax, business privilege tax, net profits tax on a handful of money is outrageous,” Bess says.[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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