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Comment by lurking_swe

then why not have an annual "please help us keep the government running tax" and at least be honest? Why invent taxes on things that don't make sense?

A tax is usually applied to help facilitate maintenance for something you are using. Or to disincentivize "bad" behavior. For example i pay taxes in the US that directly help pay for public schools, the fire department, roads, etc.

How does the french government bear any cost if i download data from a data center? What bad behavior is disincentivezed with this tax?

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