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gab has payment processing thats outside of cancel culture.
just try it lime substaxk? free, 3, 5… some model? id probably pay to read investment advice from rin or eman, logan, those guys know their stuff. although i like it being free here.
OK, I did a lot of the coding, got a PO Box (PO Box 85, Menlo Park, CA 94025), and asked my credit union for checks without my address.
But if people mail in cash, is that instantly taxable income even though 95% or so will be paid out to other users?
You probably need to set up something like an Educational Foundation or something.
It's a nice thought, but this is going to be a for-profit thing.
OK, I did a lot of the coding, got a PO Box (PO Box 85, Menlo Park, CA 94025), and asked my credit union for checks without my address.
But if people mail in cash, is that instantly taxable income even though 95% or so will be paid out to other users?
Now I'll work on payments to view posts, which is slightly more complicated. I think I will have that done in a couple of days.
OK, I only tipped 10 cents each, but hey, you can use it to tip others so at least it has some entertainment value.
Ideas appreciated.
Good idea @richwicks
What are some examples?
Thanks, I'll write them all.
no, taxable is what you keep after expenses. make sure to keep track of expenses so when audited, you don’t get fucked
You simply cannot track the finances of 300+ million people and probably 100+ million corps and other business entities. You'd need 5-10M employees for starters at the IRS.
WookieMan says
You simply cannot track the finances of 300+ million people and probably 100+ million corps and other business entities. You'd need 5-10M employees for starters at the IRS.
This is another argument for Georgism. If there were no income tax or sales tax, but only a tax on land values, it would be pretty damn easy to track and collect. And the tax would all be public record because property taxes are public record.
WookieMan says
You simply cannot track the finances of 300+ million people and probably 100+ million corps and other business entities. You'd need 5-10M employees for starters at the IRS.
This is another argument for Georgism. If there were no income tax or sales tax, but only a tax on land values, it would be pretty damn easy to track and collect. And the tax would all be public record because property taxes are public record.
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So patrick.net users could make some of their posts require payment in one way or another, either by subscription, or for a small per-article fee. It would just be an option if people want to try to make money.
A big benefit is that it would give the for-profit users a motive to spread the word about their "blog" here. And you all could perhaps make some money.
Some problems:
- payments can easily get cut off by the forces of censorship, though Substack apparently deals with that OK
- Substack has a lot of famous people on it. How did they do that? Substack looks more professional, so maybe that's one reason.
- Substack tends to charge way too much. I'm not about to pay $5/month for the 20 Substacks I read. So maybe there should be a $5/month subscription to patrick.net in general, and users could then use up that $5 a quarter at a time or so by "buying" individual posts which look worth reading.
Feedback appreciated. What would make it work?