Internet Service Tax Moritorium Set To Expire

nelsonjs writes "On November 1, the ban on taxing Internet service is set to expire. The ban was originally implemented in 1998 in order to encourage the proliferation of Net access. The Senate is considering two competing bills to extend the ban: one would extend it for four years and the other would make the ban permanent. Verizon and Google, usually to be found on opposite sides of any question of Net access, are united in lobbying for the permanent tax ban. If neither passes by November 1, prices for Internet service nationwide could jump by as much as 17 percent, according to ISPs."

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Re:What is the tax for?

[DigiShaman]

Does anyone know what these taxes are for?

You *know* the answer to that. It should be blatantly obvious that it will be used to fund "education and healthcare". You know, more of the same bullshit we hear every year.

I hope our politicians are reading this, because they need to know that all the money in the world can't fix a cultural issue. That's right, if people value stuffing there face with junk food and parents not doing there part in the educational process, you're just throwing money down a rat hole!