Reply #30: The concept is intriging I must confess..

[BadGimp]

I recently found myself pondering this very idea.

I like it as a way to create push back on the Corporate Advertisers. At the same time it could create a pool of cash for opposing views who lack the financial resources to counter the corporate saturation bombing advertising efforts.

Which end of the transaction do you tax? The buyer or the seller? Either likely would be challenged as a Tax of Free Speech.

But taxing the sale might work in that we have there existing precedents of say Tobacco and Alcohol taxes which are collected and redistributed in a meager attempt to partially offset some of the negative effect of these products. Gasoline comes to mind as well.