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FCC approves Net-wiretapping taxes ~ Broadband providers and Internet phone companies ...impacted...
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| May 3, 2006, 10:53 AM PT
| Declan McCullagh, and Anne Broache, CNET News.com
Posted on 05/03/2006 12:12:38 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce; NormsRevenge
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Al Gore tax on telecoms and us to pay for internet wiring is still on the books.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Falls under "unfunded mandates". That's the same as a tax increase.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I didn't realize the FCC had the power to tax.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:17:18 PM PDT
by
WorkerbeeCitizen
(I think - therefore I am conservative)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to levy what likely will amount to wiretapping taxes on companies, municipalities and universities, saying it would create an incentive for them to keep costs down and that it was necessary to fight the war on terror. Universities have estimated their cost to be about $7 billion."
New Taxes direct from the GOP socialists in the Executive Office.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:17:38 PM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:18:12 PM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Broadband providers and Internet phone companies will have to pick up the tab for the cost of building in mandatory wiretap access for police surveillance, federal regulators ruled Wednesday. And in the end we will be paying for it(and more) in the form of higher rates. Will the higher rates be reduced after the recoup their losses? yea right!
To: ARCADIA
"The first obligation is...the safety of the people," said FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, a Democrat.
To: WorkerbeeCitizen
A regulation can be a hidden tax, which is what we have here.....
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
So, we get to pay for the privilege of having the Feds spy on us? No thanks; I'm all for stopping terrorism, but this too much big brother for my tastes and having to pay more taxes is the icing on the cake of my opposition.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:29:58 PM PDT
by
crispy78
(Congressional Motto: Republicans by day, Democrats by night.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
A regulation can be a hidden tax, which is what we have here..... Exactly, and that tax will be passed along to the consumers never to be removed.
To: crispy78
No thanks I don't think they're giving us "patriots" a choice in these matters anymore.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:34:33 PM PDT
by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Don't forget to use
ZFone for your VOIP.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Will this have any effect on the temporary telephone tax we have to pay for defeating our Spanish enemy and freeing Cuba and the Philippines from their iron fist? Remember the Maine!
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:41:48 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Contrary to those who say that United 93 was released too soon, I fear it was shown far too late.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Haven't these people ever heard of sniffers ? You can get some for free, even.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:48:16 PM PDT
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The article seems to have left out the usual "it's for the children" excuse for imposing a burden.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:53:26 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: WorkerbeeCitizen
I didn't realize the FCC had the power to tax.Or the power to perform illegal search and seizures.
My belief is that only the courts can do that; on an individual basis and for defensible cause...
The FCC needs wholesale replacement?
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posted on
05/03/2006 1:03:14 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
To: glorgau
The article seems to have left out the usual "it's for the children" excuse for imposing a burden.
Preferably done using the "won't someone please think of the children!" hysterics of Helen Lovejoy of Springfield.
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