If you live on $1.25 in Uganda and spend $0.05 per day you will be spending %4 of your "daily spend" on social media. In the United States [1] the average spend is $154 per day equating to a $6.16 social media tax... or about the cost the average bay area tech employee spends on coffee per day. Thats adds up to $2,248 NOT $40,000 per year...
I would support this tax in the U.S. (as long as a large percentage is legally required to go to education, medical, and social services). I probably would not support taxation in Uganda targeted at the lower or middle class though.
If you live on $1.25 in Uganda and spend $0.05 per day you will be spending %4 of your "daily spend" on social media. In the United States [1] the average spend is $154 per day equating to a $6.16 social media tax... or about the cost the average bay area tech employee spends on coffee per day. Thats adds up to $2,248 NOT $40,000 per year...
I would support this tax in the U.S. (as long as a large percentage is legally required to go to education, medical, and social services). I probably would not support taxation in Uganda targeted at the lower or middle class though.
[1]: https://www.quora.com/On-how-many-dollars-does-the-average-A...