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- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -0/+191Let's throw servers into Boston harbor. It will be known as the Boston LAN party.
- fractalman, on 10/21/2007, -16/+114This is a pointless post. The moratorium on internet taxes passed earlier this week and has been extended for 4 years. There will be no taxation of the internet for the next 4 years.
- Bridea, on 10/21/2007, -0/+61Passed the House. Senate vote is scheduled. You need passage by both houses and the President to make a law, or did nobody teach you about bicameral legislature?
- iirrkk, on 10/21/2007, -7/+65Gas tax goes to improve the road system, so internet tax should go to bringing me FiOS right?
If so, then yes on the tax. If not, where the hell has my money been going to? - jackyyll, on 10/21/2007, -0/+37We shall dress up as Anonymous.
- bitt3n, on 10/20/2007, -1/+37your FiOS has been going to a small island community in Alaska, through a series of tubes.
- gsmaster, on 10/21/2007, -4/+36no to internet taxes
- Gabberwok, on 10/20/2007, -3/+31Is this a vehicle to kill net neutrality? I don't want the internet taxed, but I don't want the telecoms to be able to dictate what's on it either.
- willyjlyles, on 10/21/2007, -2/+26Because the government is so nice and quick at maintenance of roads. I'm sure that if your internet was down, they'd be along in the next few months to fix it.
- N3M3515, on 10/21/2007, -0/+21Bluezinc you Win Best Comment of the Week
- stympman, on 10/20/2007, -1/+21No its just Action Alert
- igorvolsky, on 10/21/2007, -1/+21No I say to that....
- Sil369, on 10/20/2007, -6/+23So, this isn't "BREAKING"? or "JUST IN"?
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -1/+18I know!!! Indians!!! Like from India!!!!
- dinostabOMG, on 10/20/2007, -0/+15What makes you say that? Please share if you've noticed something slipped into the bill.
- cawpin, on 10/20/2007, -0/+14Hey, jackass, RTFA you just cited. "The House of Representatives approved a new four-year ban on state or local taxation of Internet,..." The Senate has to pass it, too, and then it goes to the president to be signed.
- junkdigg, on 10/20/2007, -1/+14Your comment is somewhere between ignorant and flippant. Jefferson, like just about all men, was hardly a man without fault. But to say he didn't work hard? That man is at the tippity top of a very short list of the greatest contributors to society in American history. Seriously - look up the man's accomplishments - you should be awestruck - people like him don't exist anymore.
The slavery issue is a lot more complex than you make it out to be. - bubbadoo989, on 10/22/2007, -0/+12We should be so lucky to have a Thomas Jefferson in our national politics today. As an agrarian democrat, he set the bar for other statesmen. You don't really have 'statesmen' in politics today... you have millionaire lawyers who are plundering the system.
- pepsiguy94, on 10/20/2007, -1/+13I for one welcome our new internet tax overlords, No wait I don't. Damn them all.
- EntropyFan, on 10/20/2007, -0/+10You realize that isn't the tax they are talking about? Sales tax can already be applied to internet sales( http://tinyurl.com/jr567 )
They are talking about 'taxing the tubes', namely the broadband connections themselves. - cawpin, on 10/20/2007, -0/+9for being a VP of ANY company, you sure are dumb. This isn't about sales tax. What company do you run? I want to be sure to stay clear of it.
- cawpin, on 10/19/2007, -0/+8Also, just because somebody had slaves doesn't make them a bad person. Who's to say his "slaves" didn't want to be there? A lot of them stayed where they were after being set "free" because they were treated well.
- Nothlit, on 10/20/2007, -0/+8This is about internet service tax, not internet sales tax...
- Kardall, on 10/21/2007, -0/+8If there's a tournament, i'm there...
- tuxidomasx, on 10/19/2007, -0/+8I bet you were the kid in elementary school who always tattle told on other kids
- c0ldfusi0n, on 10/20/2007, -0/+8Come on people. These tubes aren't free! Congress has to manufacture them, your money helps buying more tubes to expand teh intarweb.
- josefresco, on 10/20/2007, -0/+8"It isn't like someone will just pocket the money and run"
You sure about that? Ask your gonvernment to account for all of your tax money and see what they say (I bet you 50% goes up in smoke or lines someone's pockets)
"You have to give a little to get a little"
Currently the lower-middle class gives a lot, and gets very little. - TheTaoOfBill, on 10/20/2007, -0/+8Yeah right. Like they'd pass something about global warming! I think you'd be better off just titling it "Congressional Pay Raise"
I mean it doesn't seem like your title has to have anything to do with the actual bill now a days anyway. - inactive, on 10/21/2007, -1/+8Stop relying on the government. Look what the government did to social security, look what they do to anything they get their hands on? They ***** it up. They charge us some new tax to do nothing more, provide no more service than they did before.
People need to understand that the government is not supposed to regulate and watch over the FREE MARKET. If internet providers start blocking sites and acting like the pricks that run them, then boycot them. Stop dragging our lame ass government into the middle of a free market problem.
The problem is there is no free market. Our government chooses who makes money and who doesnt. Its a joke, just like the idea that you have a choice between democrat or republican. The difference in the two is the spelling.
If ron paul doesnt win the election we will be at war with iran no matter what. The trick is they make you think you have a choice, the media has picked your candidate. Do you like the front running shills? - mllawso, on 10/20/2007, -1/+8But the authorities might be able to identify us by our faces. If only there was something we could dress up as to pass the blame off...
- thugok, on 10/20/2007, -0/+6As long as the voting on this is left up to Congress there is nothing you as a citizen can do about it. Unless you happen to have a few million dollars in kickback money.
- crapmatic, on 10/20/2007, -0/+6What the hell is "state or local taxation of Internet"? There's a ***** of taxes on my broadband bill.
- cvelusc, on 10/21/2007, -2/+8Taxes would ruin shopping online to a certain degree. In my mind, shipping costs are equivalent to taxes on a given product. Including shipping costs and taxes for a purchase may sway me from shopping online.
- Bridea, on 10/19/2007, -2/+8The HOUSE passed it. the SENATE has yet to vote for it. Ever heard of Bicameral Legislature?
- jackyyll, on 10/20/2007, -2/+8no taxation without representation!
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -0/+5This would make your Internet bill look like your phone bill once local and state governments were given the opportunity. Service fees and taxes equaling 20% or more of your total Internet bill. Ever look at all the fees and charges added onto your phone bill? that's what this is about. And yes this is a non issue for 4 more years? Or should we just keep pestering our representatives to do the right thing and make it permanent!
- op12, on 10/20/2007, -0/+5You're talking about a different issue (sales tax) and if the mom & pop store sells something to someone out of state they most likely don't have to charge sales tax, just like Amazon doesn't. (Online transactions in the same state are subject to a sales tax, just like for a physical store, though that may vary in some states).
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jan20 ...
This is about putting a tax on all internet purchases, separate from any applicable sales tax. It would apply to all online transactions. - orangekid13, on 10/19/2007, -0/+5I want internet access without internet taxes! (you gotta say it out loud so it rhymes)
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -4/+9To get this to pass all they gotta do is tack on "helps fight global warming".
- ronaldst, on 10/20/2007, -1/+6Ain't big government great!
- inactive, on 10/20/2007, -0/+5It will be monitored anyway. Stopy relying on the government. United Welfare States.
- Nothlit, on 10/20/2007, -0/+5You do realize that if you fail to pay your full bill (including taxes) your ISP will just cut you off, right...?
This story is not about sales tax. It is about internet service tax... - fractalman, on 10/20/2007, -0/+5To pass a new tax requires the same process. Since the house introduces legislation, it is unlikely that a tax bill will be passed. I also like the term "bicameral legislature", may I use it in future posts? It is clear that our law makers are against taxing the internet. Why spoil the mood. Enjoy the moment, for it may not last.
- iupetre, on 10/20/2007, -1/+6Hey guys, in your letters to your senators, mention (if you support it) the Fair Tax bill in the additional comments as an alternative. We need to abolish the IRS!
- clothmonkey, on 10/20/2007, -0/+4Does that mean you just lost on the same grounds?
- coreyb, on 10/21/2007, -0/+4If everyone refused to pay, what are they going to do? It happened in 1776...
- MaryLynn321, on 10/20/2007, -0/+4What the H aren't they going to tax. We already don't have total privacy on the internet. My sister was talking with a friend from England on the internet before and after 911. Well the government went to both of their homes to go through there computers. Gree country, land of opportunity, what's that. I am not putting anyone down. But, if I was an immigrant I would know all the in's and out's of our governments system. I think it is time our government starts worrying about their citizens, and what they have been going through. The economy sucks, they say this is the closest we have ever been to the great depression. My Mother grew up during the great depression and she would agree. So I definitely say no to Taxation on Internet. Like my hubby says, we might as well live in over seas. They have more freedom in some areas. Now don't you all start yelling at me. I haven't been on in quite sometime, still recovering from surgery, plus PT and OC. We are all entitled to our own opinions, and some of us are living the tough times, BIG time.
Hugs Mary - Scheissen, on 10/20/2007, -0/+4Whatever can go wrong, will.
This internet access tax would make it even harder for the poor people to afford internet connections. As a whole, Americans have far less access to broadband as it is. - ProgressBar, on 10/19/2007, -0/+4Best description of modern politicians i've heard in awhile.
- bubbadoo989, on 10/19/2007, -0/+4The prior comment says it all: You sure are dumb, you dumbass.... this debate is not for sale tax, but Internet Access TAX. Boy, do you feel stoopid now.
When you buy something online, and the merchant doesn't charge you sales tax, you're supposed to calculate the state portion of the sales tax and send the money to your state's tax department. No one ever does, so that's why simpletons like you believe there's no such thing as internet sales tax. -
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