FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Concedes Future Internet Tax Is Possible After All

cnsnews.com ^ | March 17, 2015 | Rudy Takala

[Georgia Girl 2]

as infuriating as all this is Istill believe that soon it will get struck down in the courts.

[a fool in paradise]

The only way to prevent the FCC from taxing the internet is to explicitly prohibit it in the bill.

Same with the Obamacare promise to not fund abortions. Explicitly prohibit it or else it can be added without congressional approval.

[clearcarbon]

"FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Concedes Future Internet Tax Is Possible After All"

Of course it is tom, we recognize the odor of your boss even if you've grown use to it.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yes in the long term there needs to be legislation. In the short term I’ll take a court order. Otherwise these clowns will be not only taxing the internet they will be licensing all blog and then the criteria for getting a license will keep half the people off and then there will be content regulation and on and on until the internet looks like CBS.