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Internet Tax Imminent?
jhigh writes "Proposals to tax the Internet are gaining steam as state legislators see a giant pot of money just waiting to be dipped into. "At the moment, states and municipalities are frequently barred by federal law from collecting both access and sales taxes. But they're hoping that their new lobbying effort, coordinated by groups including the National Governors Association, will pay off by permitting them to collect billions of dollars in new revenue by next year.""
Let's get businesses off of the Internet, and take it back to what it's supposed to be:
A global pornography repository.
It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
Never mind taxing "the internet" - They should start taxing Slashdot editors for each dupe story.
Launch each 'sig'.
"[G]overnment's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
Reagan, Remarks to the White House Conference on Small Business, August 15, 1986
*''I can't believe it's not a hyperlink.''
Perhaps, but don't you see the difference... now its imminent!
File Deletion is Murder.
// MD_Update(&m,buf,j);
I'm firmly against double taxation!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.