Thanks to the Flower Lady for bringing this to my attention. The city of Philadelphia is charging bloggers $300 for a “privilege” license. If cities across the nation follow suit this could bring our blogosphere down. Read the entire article here.
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This privilege tax completely flies in the face of what America was founded on. I honestly can’t believe that this won’t be repealed, at least, I sincerely hope it is. Taxing bloggers for keeping a digital diary? It’s ludicrous. Sometimes I wonder about the intelligence of the individuals we elect to office.
You stay up on your Political Gardening…. AWESOME!
Great to find another garden blogger using WordPress. I can’t wait to take a closer look at what you are sharing from your garden down south.
I followed you over from Jennas’ new site!
Hi Bren, Thanks for stopping by. I’m headed over to check out your site.
I hope they will not charge bloggers.
Hi Autumn Belle, Thanks for stopping by. i also hope they will not charge bloggers. I am just starting this journey and am really enjoying it. I’m going to check out your site.
The article mentioned that the blogger in question did make some money (though she did not turn a profit).
This might be a perfect opportunity for more of us to choose ad free blogs, which I, for one, much prefer.
I read that same article and wondered “What is this world coming to?!” Quite honestly, there are a lot of things happening that we would be wise to pay closer attention to. Thank you for the heads up!