U.S. Congress Poised To Vote On Internet Tax Ban

jangobongo writes "'After more than a year of leaving the threat of new state- and city-levied taxes looming over Internet access providers and online merchants, Congress is poised to reimpose a moratorium on taxing Internet access,' according to eWeek. The House had approved a permanent moratorium while the Senate had approved a temporary ban. Members of the House are pushing to compromise and to vote today on the Senate's approach. President Bush is expected to sign the legislation when it is passed."

Comments

Can they levy a tax on spammers?

[xmas2003]

$1 a junk Email ... or a day in prison ...

Re:Can they levy a tax on spammers?

[chris_mahan]

No fees on high speed, high fees on modem.

That will also kill AOL as a side effect, but we have to do what we have to do for National Security and The Country...

Lets hope so

[Realistic_Dragon]

If they tax the internet the real geeks can go back to fido/bbs and we can let the useless languish in commercialised hell.

Re:Lets hope so

[Anonymous Coward]

Your dragon isn't very realistic. Maybe you should have used pico rather than vim?

it was always unlikely

[howhardcanitbetocrea]

it was obvious, think about it and the possiblility of the US taxing me in Australia is pretty remote - unless they get the RIAA to track me down.

current tally:

[bersl2]

good things Congress has done this week: 1
bad things Congress has done this week: a lot more

That's better than most weeks...

Re:current tally:

[goon america]

Whoah, slow down there, cowboy. Since when does Congress do more than one thing a week?

Re:Is this your job?

[MorboNixon]

Don't like it because the politicians haven't checked the 9th or 10th since the early 1800s? These are the knobs you vote for--don't cry to me.

Does this mean that you don't vote? Or that you haven't voted since the 1800s?

try england

[Bad Ad]

you think you're over taxed in american?

try living in england.
once you're finished saying "what the fuck" after your first visit to a petrol statiom, let me know. :)

Re:Well, Duh

[anaesthetica]

Unbelievable. President Bush and the Republican Congress are actually poised to do something good for us geeks--keeping internet access tax-free--and some slashbot still manages to find a way to turn it into an anti-Bush troll. Simply stunning.

I will *so* do this!

[wirefarm]

Just as soon as I can get my modem to work over Skype...