Dear X
I want to be clear. I am not advocating taxes on the Internet or anything else, and I adamantly oppose taxes on e-mails.
I want to be clear about my position on this issue. I am saying that Congress should not decide how Tennessee collects revenue. I'm a conservative and believe in small government, and I think the federal government needs to keep its nose out of state business. I have always believed that these decisions are best made on the state and local level, not here in Washington. Our state elected leaders should be able to decide what Tennessee's tax structure should look like. Should taxes on food and medicine be raised, or should the tax on our Internet service continue? Those are the kinds of decisions the governor, the state legislature, and the people of Tennessee should have the authority to make - not politicians in Washington.
I also want to be clear that in Tennessee, your Internet service is currently being taxed, but not your individual e-mails. I oppose the moratorium because the federal government should not tell the state how to run its business.
How Tennessee collects money is not a decision Congress should make. Congress has no business taking away what the state estimates to be more than $300 million in revenue from Tennessee, which could result if the proposed legislation passes.
Sincerely,
Lamar
Funny that Lamar as Secretary of Education had no problems enfocing his outcome based education on states whether they liked it or not.
Lamar! has never been anything but an opportunist who really is a Democrat but ran as a Republican since there was little opposition. Tennessee's Republican Party is a horde of RINOs. Howard Baker was a RINO. Bill Frist is a RINO.
This group defeated a true conservative, Congressman Ed Bryant, in favor of Lamar! in the primary. Many of the same group backed our new Democrat Governor over conservative Congressman Van Hilleary in that race. East Tennessee Republicans like Lamar! are the worst. They have a type of elitist view akin to New England liberals.