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  • WSJ: A National Telephone Tax? Governors are eyeing your Internet calls.

    12/22/2004 5:41:59 AM PST · by OESY · 25 replies · 883+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | December 22, 2004 | Editorial
    Much of the Washington press corps was preoccupied last week with the White House economic proposals, which are about allowing people to keep more of their money. Meanwhile, the National Governors Association was across town hosting a separate gathering that focused on just the opposite. The NGA -- along with its buddies at the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National League of Counties, the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors -- desperately wants to tax Internet use. And they're hoping that Internet phone calls... will pave the way. You're forgiven if you thought this was...