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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

I didn't want to start a thread on this, so I guess this is the best place.

If the FTC and Obama Admin have their way, we'll be looking at an extra 5% tax on all the cool new TVs and gadgets to pay for the failing newspaper industry. Nothing like gov't control in journalism, I guess it's payback for all the favorable press and support from the NY Times, LA Times, and Huffing....oops..Washington Post.

FOXNews.com - Journalism 'Reinvention' Smacks of Government Control, Critics Say

"- a 5 percent tax on consumer electronics, which would generate roughly $4 billion annually, to pay for increased public funding."

..... Maybe I won't be buying that Blackberry after all .