Digital Paper Tax

The Brinkman Commission in Holland is appointed by the government to find a solution to the innovation problem in the old-school press.

They have come up with an idea to save the existing newspapers, or at least the companies behind them. They are suggesting a tax on internet connections, and that money is supposed to be used by the newspapers to improve their online services.

I can't count how many international laws of business an action like

that would break. Making a whole population sponsor the development of the new business units of certain companies.

It's fair to say that this idea is nuts.