This is the candidate libs are going to be screaming at you to vote for in 2028. Don’t let him make it past the primary.
this post was submitted on 18 May 2026
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I'll go with Capt. Mark Kelly if he slips in.
Yep guy future right then Regan and Democrats are going tell us how he is the answer. This fuckwit is drolling to get to do half the shit Trump is getting away with.
Same play as Mark Carney in Canada. A rebranded Conservative spouting liberal bullshit.
I'm hoping that he won't be the candidate. He might be better than a Republican, but that's the only positive thing I can think of. There are so many better Democratic prospects.
"As someone who lives near a Best Buy, I'm at Best Buy often," Newsom told reporters during a news conference. "And I'm paying sales tax on a lot of this prewritten software. And then I find out that all my friends that aren't near a Best Buy, they're downloading and they are not paying sales tax. How is that fair?"
I agree, its not fair, let's just remove the sales tax, k? 👍
Also pretty sure no one is buying software from Best Buy in 2026, that would be dumb as hell.
Also I fucking doubt Newsome been anywhere near a Best Buy much less bought software from there.
this is just reclassifying 'digital' software as taxable. the same as software on physical media already is in california. some states have a similar tax status for these products.
many states already did the same with digital video and streaming.
i don't really see a problem with it.
I think their point may be more thay sales taxes are regressive- they disproportionately impact people with less money, as those people need to spend all or most of what they have for necessities, while folks with a large surplus of wealth or income only need to spend a small portion and much of it can go towards savings or investments
I dont think its unreasonable for someone to say they'd rather just do away with sales tax altogether. We may have more appropriate tools with which to fund the government
Yes, I also read the article.
You all are buying software? I just donate to my friendly neighborhood FOSS Developer.
How else would I get this year's version of Macaffe Antivirus!
You could always try clicking on some shady links online.
Let me know when your friendly neighborhood FOSS developer creates a CRM or accounting software that doesn't cost me more in time to get running and figure out how to use than the paid options.
Yeah, our IT department will definitely replace our CRM and Accounting software with some random GitHub projects.
Thanks!
Stop shifting the goal post
Yeah I didn't say "when they exist".
These are also not "free as in beer".
Also your Big Capital has a .Claude file at the top of it so LOLOLOL no thanks
Why are you against a sales tax?
Sales taxes are regressive. The poorest people pay way more of their income to buy things at stores. Therefore they are getting taxed a lot more than someone who saves money because they have bigger incomes
Same reasons I'm against most taxes.
Thank god the analog software is still safe
Greasy Gavin needs to tax his billionaire golf buddies.
Motherfucker.
The only POC that Gavin cares about are People of Capital
I've been paying tax on games for years. Digital storefronts had to implement state sales tax after the big Wayfair suit in like 2018.
What software has been ignoring this?
He's really trying to paint himself as something he isn't by the Trump clowning. The reality is he's the same thing with less narcissism and dementia. He isn't the good guy he's the marginally less bad guy.