The city of Philadelphia is requiring bloggers to pay $300 each for a business privilege license, regardless of how much money that proprietor actually makes via the blog. One blogger targeted by the city reported making a total of $11 over a two-year period. Even a pinko liberal like me can recognize that this might be a case of government overreach. Just because a blog features a couple AdSense or Amazon ads doesn’t mean that it’s a profit-making machine. I’ve made a whopping $10 from this blog over the years and to label me a business would be an insult to other businesses. Municipalities are entitled to seek out new revenue streams in these cash-strapped times, but trying to milk casual bloggers probably won’t impress the tech companies that cites like Philadelphia hope to attract.
You are soooo full of crap…You out-earned General Motors, Ford, Citigroup, Time Warner, Fanny Mae, and Delta Airlines combined last year. You’re a money making machine…