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Bloggers to be Charged for Sharing Their Thoughts

I learned this bad news just this morning. It is being talked about on Facebook. But only the bloggers and their families will be affected.

It was in the news that “the city of Philadelphia is demanding that bloggers pay $300 for the privilege of writing on the internet, even the ones that make no money off their words.” One of the bloggers said that they are planning to have it here in the Philippines too. According to her, there was a resolution that a blogger needs to pay P6,000 ($130) per year as a license to blog per blog. It is like being charged for sharing your thoughts, though this has to be verified yet.

What if there is really a resolution like that? The next thing to do is to implement it, right? For a blogger who has four blogsites this means P24,000 ($530). That is quite a big amount of money that can be spent over some household needs. Bloggers are not earning millions. To some, blogging is just a hobby, and to others it is just a sideline to make ends meet because it is really hard to look for a decent job here. Why not hunt those big tax evader businessmen instead of taxing the bloggers? Taxing the bloggers is absurd. This is one way of suppressing their freedom of expressions. It is just like asking the bloggers to “pay up or shut up”.

source:nbcphiladelphia.com

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Graduate of B.S. Medical Technology but landed in the field of business and writing. She has gone from being a white-collared job employee to an entrepreneur because of the world's changes and demanding needs. She is currently maintaining 4 blogs with different niches such as business and finance, parenting and family, health and beauty, and home improvement.

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13 replies on “Bloggers to be Charged for Sharing Their Thoughts”

Took me time to read all the comments, but I really enjoyed the article. It proved to be Very helpful to me and I am sure to all the commenters here! It’s always nice when you can not only be informed, but also entertained! I’m sure you had fun writing this article.

That is completely crazy! It makes no sense but there are people who would like to change Freedom Of Speech to mean "only those that agree with me".

Ngak! Mali pala ako ng basa, I thought the Pinoy blogger is the one who proposes the resolution. Nirelay lang pala ni mommy blogger yung bad news if ever, baka magalit sa akin si sis. sowi. ayan kakamadali sa pag-comment tuloy. peace po!

sana naman hindi mag-push through yun ano sis. wala na ba sila mapagkukunan ng tax?

thanks pala sa visit, comment, at follow sis.

Happy weekend sa iyo, kay RJ at sa hubby mo. long weekend tayo ngayon. 🙂

Is this true sis? And who's the Pinoy blogger who wants the same tax system implemented in the Philippines? He or she must be earning millions from his blogs right? Para na rin tayong ginisa sa sarili nating mantika. Naman!

aw! thats awful! bakit nmn gnun? eh ang kinikita nga ntin is wala pa minsan gnung kalaki? ang nagbabayad n nga tyu ng hosting and domain? hay yay yay! nweis sana nde ma implement dhil pag nagkataon sa facebook nlng ako magblog =)) or pag may bayad p dn dun balik notebook nlng or diary tyu! =))

Sana wag naman mangyari. grabe pati ba naman personal virtual diary pinapatulan na. Buti nlng im not in philly, and i hope this won't happen sa pinas. kakarampot nlng yata kinikita online nanghihingi pa ng tong waaaa

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