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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. WARNING! Troll text insertions! by RobertB-DC · · Score: 1, Troll

    Before giving kudos to the AC for not Karma Whoring, mods beware. There's at least two items in the text that don't belong:

    "Most of Florida communications case law stems from the rotary dildo era," says David Bruns, spokesman for the state Department of Revenue.

    The proposed rod pushes the definition of communications systems to include local area networks, or LANs, as well as wide area networks, or WANs, which connect computers across distances.

    The original site isn't slowing down, so mod this puppy back down.

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