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Florida Proposes Taxing Local LANs

Posted by timothy on from the please-alert-dave-barry dept.

Vellmont writes "From the state that brought you the 2000 presidential election debacle, now comes the proposal to tax your LAN. The Orlando Business Journal is reporting that the the state of Florida is thinking about putting a 9% tax on LANs within the state. Exactly what they will be taxing isn't clear, since the tax amounts to 9% of... something. Will taxing the electrical wires within your home be next?"

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  1. Has to be said by Kevin+DeGraaf · · Score: 0, Redundant



    What the hell?!?

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  2. [OT]Your sig by TotallyUseless · · Score: 0, Redundant

    adding your sig to a post manually, as well as including your regular sig (which basically says the same thing) in a post is not only redundant, it is redundant.

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