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Sen. McCain Introduces Bill to Ban Internet Taxes Forever

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the destory-the-taxes dept.

whiteprints writes "Senator McCain has introduced a bill to ban internet taxes. " McCain is proposing to permanently ban Internet tax - a welcome proposal by quite a number of folks. He's also currently one of the Republican political candidates, and a major power in the US Senate.

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  1. Yeah, right. by Signal+11 · · Score: 5
    The internet will eventually be taxed, barring a constitutional amendment to stop it. The reasons are simple - if all commerce occurs online, then where will state governments get their funding from? We need taxes to support things like the highway system, public transportation, and public education. The state governments get the majority of their funding from property and sales taxes! You can't simply destroy one source of revenue without creating another.

    So fine, don't tax the internet. What will you trade for that priveledge? There is no easy money to be made - you gotta pay the piper. It's just a question of who, and how much.

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  2. I don't trust McCain by Wah · · Score: 4

    I've followed various happenings in the media and congress for some time. It's a tangent that comes from my position (admin for a marketing company for media entities).

    Senator McCain has routinely made decisions that fall in the favor of big business. One recent example is his bill to raise the national coverage limit for TV from 35% to 50% (the amount of the countries viewership any one company can reach). There was also a recent change in ownership of TV stations(which he supported vocally) allowing a duopoly (two station in the same market) that allowed for the recent Viacom/CBS merger (which pairs 200+ radio stations with MTV/VH1 among other things). To sum up, each of his decisions and positions is exactly what these large media companies want. Most of these mergers continue to limit media choices and control viewer eyeballs. If you want a diverse media industry, you don't want McCain.

    I see this bill (which would stand, even if it passed, for no more than 2 years) as an attempt by a Presidential candidate to get his name in the paper (Yes, he is running, and yes, it worked).

    I am also aware of his POW history and the service he has done for this country (US), however I just don't trust or agree with his politics.

    my $.02 for you.

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