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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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