Posted on 10/21/2003 7:10:20 AM PDT by TroutStalker
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:50:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Just as Congress is poised to make the temporary ban on taxing Internet access permanent, some politicians are using the occasion to stage a revenue gold rush by pushing for an Internet sales tax. We can't think of a better way to handicap a technology with uses the world is just beginning to understand.
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I was thinking more in terms of helping new technologies and speeding replacement of old technologies, than propping old technologies up. I think the tax structure and government can help that in various ways.
But at the same time, I recognize there are huge (hugh) dangers of direct government involvement in promoting some things.
I was thinking more in terms of helping new technologies and speeding replacement of old technologies, than propping old technologies up. I think the tax structure and government can help that in various ways.
But at the same time, I recognize there are huge (hugh) dangers of direct government involvement in promoting some things.
However, I would be more speculative than you could imagine
Not only would you be speculative, you'd be skeptical too.
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