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House Passes Internet Tax Ban

Posted by simoniker on from the moving-in-right-direction dept.

computerlady writes "InfoWorld reports that the House of Representatives today voted a permanent ban on 'levying taxes unique to the Internet.' The Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act would permanently prohibit taxing jurisdictions in the U.S. from levying such taxes as e-mail taxes, bandwidth taxes, or bit taxes. To become law, the bill would have to pass the U.S. Senate and be signed by President Bush. The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved its version of the bill July 31, and its next stop is the full Senate."

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  1. Re:Keystrokes by richie2000 · · Score: 3, Funny
    But then, maybe they should just tax pr0n.

    By the inch?

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  2. Damn Republicans.... by snatchitup · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh wait.... Is that right? We like this don't we?

  3. Re:Finally, a step in the right direction! by perly-king-69 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here in Europe whilst we do have healthcare free at the point of delivery, you Americans do have some wonderful ships, aircraft, tanks, missiles etc.

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  4. Re:cool by RevDobbs · · Score: 3, Funny
    Im ready for this, and confident I can handle it.

    ... until your internet access goes down.