Write a formal objection (which adheres to the government's guidelines, otherwise it will be considered a 'comment')
If enough people object, they will have to alter, or at least consider altering, the proposed "levy."
The simple fact of the matter is that this is just not on. The government is simply trying to find a way to tax the phenomenon personal computing. The next logical step is a tax on bandwidth. For every gigabyte downloaded, it's safe to assume that some, lets say 10 meg, is ill gotten gains. Perhaps a tax of $4.95 per gig d/l would sort that out. The tax could be applied retroactively, and could be levied on @home and other ISPs, and then transfered on the the customers (plus a little extra for their trouble, of course) in the form of a grossly inflated bill.
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Write a formal objection (which adheres to the government's guidelines, otherwise it will be considered a 'comment') If enough people object, they will have to alter, or at least consider altering, the proposed "levy." The simple fact of the matter is that this is just not on. The government is simply trying to find a way to tax the phenomenon personal computing. The next logical step is a tax on bandwidth. For every gigabyte downloaded, it's safe to assume that some, lets say 10 meg, is ill gotten gains. Perhaps a tax of $4.95 per gig d/l would sort that out. The tax could be applied retroactively, and could be levied on @home and other ISPs, and then transfered on the the customers (plus a little extra for their trouble, of course) in the form of a grossly inflated bill.