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- inactive, on 10/29/2007, -2/+1774-7, ***** that, how about indefinite.
- Dragonskies, on 10/29/2007, -3/+75IMO, the Internet has become too prevalent for government to start taxing it and not face serious public outcry. Politicians want to keep their seats, and nobody wants to be taxed on the Internet.
- whorelock, on 11/01/2007, -11/+64How about tax free income and property?
- tomis, on 11/01/2007, -1/+32Well at least there's one thing our representatives have done that doesn't ***** us over.
- mrfreeziexp, on 10/28/2007, -4/+27Obviously that would be best. But, this is a start.
- ifm1989, on 10/28/2007, -0/+21How about we add a few 0's behind those numbers...
- Duncast, on 10/27/2007, -2/+22DIGG HEALTH WARNING: Posting replies while under the influence may result in illegible, somewhat insane rambles. Please be aware of the sanity of other users. Thank you.
- ZenMojo, on 10/28/2007, -1/+21You can't tax something that's free. You can, however, put a "toll" on something that's free. Currently the FCC taxes your cable and phone lines, so you're already paying a tax to access the internet. Any tax they applied to the internet ITSELF independent or aggregate to the landline costs would accrue zero revenue.
And that's the catch. I doubt a toll is mentioned in the bill, which means they have decided not to tax you on something they can't tax you for in any way other than they already tax you while leaving themselves the freedom to put a TOLL on internet access not covered in the bill. In short, this is a whole lot of *****. - cranium, on 10/28/2007, -1/+18Actually, they tax you pretty good for stopping.
- JustinHorne, on 10/27/2007, -0/+16I'm glad he approves, but I don't think people should be quoting Ted Stevens about anything related to the internet.
- DigitalN, on 10/27/2007, -0/+15Chuck Norris can.
- Thater, on 10/28/2007, -1/+15You can easily find it at the business end of a glass pipe.
- bratterscain, on 10/27/2007, -0/+13I always get a kick when someone says "they too stupid" followed by random mis-spellings and phrases like, "bomb ass ***** bros".
- MonarchWastxD, on 10/28/2007, -0/+13"Son, when I was a boy..., the internet was free! And you could visit annnyy site you wanted. Any one! Really! And there was something... called... 'net neutrality'! That's it! Oh, it meant that you could be anonymous on the internet! Yeah... it's true!"
"Grandad, you're full of *****." - jupaneanu, on 10/27/2007, -0/+12taxing the net...yup breathing air is next so enjoy it while it's free
- MonkeyFarts, on 11/01/2007, -1/+12Until 4-7 years from now.
- blast_flame, on 10/27/2007, -1/+12Eh. Their are stupid 18+ year olds and smart 14 year olds, how about we just ban stupid people.
- gmiley, on 11/01/2007, -0/+10Your local property taxes, not federal taxes, go to stuff like that. Generally local taxes are a HELL of a lot better managed than the money the federal government takes from you.
- aznhomig, on 10/27/2007, -1/+11Thank God. We'd better make the use of these next few years, because I highly doubt the Internet will remain tax-free forever.
We'll probably look back at the golden days of the 'Net a few years from now. - aznhomig, on 10/27/2007, -0/+10It can also be said that the Internet is such a widely used source that has gone untaxed previously due to the infancy, and fear of killing the net at birth, combined with the nature of governments always looking to get their share of the pie, especially at the Internet's integral part of modern society today in shopping, buying, banking, and socializing that taxing the Internet would be the next logical step.
Not saying I believe in this personally, but just playing Devil's Advocate. - zephc, on 10/27/2007, -1/+10Yeah, that will be hella tight, mang.
- OHiggins, on 10/27/2007, -1/+10Our media does its best at diverting the American People from what is really important.
- Tanktunker, on 10/27/2007, -0/+8I know this must be difficult for you to hear, but the rest of the world sucks too.
- zombo, on 10/27/2007, -0/+8If this tax can help reduce tubal warming I'm all for it.
- colto, on 10/28/2007, -3/+11Got directions?
- inactive, on 11/01/2007, -11/+19then move to shangri la where you can pay nothing and still get all the government services you enjoy.
- MonarchWastxD, on 10/27/2007, -0/+7A few? How about we add an ∞?
- R2Bacca, on 10/27/2007, -1/+8"We shouldn't tax the internet! I'm SUPER cereal!"
- techlyc, on 10/27/2007, -0/+6How would they implement a tax on the Internet? Per gigabyte? And how would Net Neutrality (or Not) affect the tax scheme the government might "propose" in four to seven years?
- ErrorS, on 10/27/2007, -2/+8but you still sound like a ***** moron.. misused big words is worse than sluring your words.
For god's sake, who the ***** slurrs words in text? Type out errthing? are you mentally retarded? and don't act like you're part of 'the internet', the only part of the internet that will have you is MySpace, so get the ***** off of digg with your retarded typed out down syndrome speech that you type out phonetically.
Sarcastic or not, you're really, really annoying. If you're not screwing around, you need to understand something.. a good chunk of the internet requires basic maturity. Ok, I don't mean really mature, it obviously isn't.. but you can't be so ***** naive that you think the way you type stuff out is acceptable, because I promise you that just about everyone outside of MySpace will laugh at you for takling like that.
Keep in mind, I'm not saying it's lack of intelligence.. I'm saying it's lack of maturity... grow up? - cranium, on 10/28/2007, -4/+10And predictably, the parasites object.
- Acglaphotis, on 10/28/2007, -1/+6then who would submit all of those cute pics?
[/sarcasm] - Matt88, on 10/27/2007, -0/+5In Australia our internet is already tax by way of GST (Goods and Services Tax). So you Americans can count yourselves lucky.
- Sornos, on 10/27/2007, -0/+5Impossible, debt is way too high for that.
- MrPig, on 10/27/2007, -0/+5Yeah, there has been talk about a new bill to extend this indefinably in both houses. There is MASSIVE support for an indefinite tax-free internet and there should be. The internet's clear affect on American life is one that's hard to miss. I'm glad our representatives got the message. The wealth of information on the internet is a necessity of this nation. I wouldn't be surprised that if Comcast starts throttling Wikipedia traffic or other major data sources, net neutrality may have a chance.
- darkciti2, on 11/01/2007, -7/+11How about living without roads and without fire departments and without police officers.
No thanks. We pay taxes for a reason. - zhulien, on 10/27/2007, -0/+4ha, we have to pay 10% tax on almost all products & services in Australia
- cwgannon, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4Tee-hee. Let me guess, "RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT"?
- subxero37, on 10/27/2007, -0/+4Why does that remind me of http://www.plasmicsloth.com/gallery2/d/225-1/Word. ... ?
- Bobski, on 11/01/2007, -6/+10All the Digg liberals need to remember who to thank for this extension and for not getting a permanent ban:
"Some senators, including many Republicans, had argued that a permanent ban on Internet taxes is needed to spur more investment by broadband service providers. They complained that Senate Democratic leaders had blocked a vote on a permanent moratorium."
Tax and spend, tax and spend. - cranium, on 10/27/2007, -0/+4Same as telephone access, just add a couple of bucks on your ISP bill.
- SpykerSpeed, on 11/01/2007, -4/+7The Democrats sure do like to keep their taxation options wide open, don't they? But it's for the children!
- Grumps, on 10/27/2007, -1/+4God dammit, make this eternal!
- SpykerSpeed, on 10/27/2007, -1/+4My debt or your debt? Oh, you mean the government's debt. Well maybe they can go get a job at Starbucks like that credit-obsessed woman Suze Orman was advising. It would be fun to order a mocha from your senator, wouldn't it?
- InsaneMachine, on 10/27/2007, -0/+3If I hadn't read your comment above, I would have thought you were being sarcastic, now I'm starting to doubt it.
- GeForce8800GTX, on 10/27/2007, -0/+3And how is it an end? RTFA
- wdr1, on 11/01/2007, -1/+4Or Alaska, which has no sales tax and no income tax?
Also note that Flordia, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washing & Wyoming don't have incomes tax either. Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, & Oregon all lack sales taxes too.
Don't believe the government's hype -- insane tax rates, like what we have today, are NOT required to run a sound government.
Politicians simply need the money so it can "look" like they're doing work, etc. It's far easier to campaign stating you want to give people free health care, free retirement and so on. (Of course it's not free, the government takes the money from YOU.)
It's much harder to win an election saying "You're smart enough to manage you're own life, so we'll let you do with it what you want." - blankman, on 10/28/2007, -1/+4in case you haven't noticed, there's no such thing as a politician or representative that wouldn't ***** us over.
- LoveWidescreen, on 10/27/2007, -0/+3You're kidding, right? This is a perpetual method to prove to their constituents that "they care".
- oseik, on 10/27/2007, -3/+6The key word in the article is " in the US" . Thankfully the rest of the world is not toying with the notion of taxation for internet access -- especially when you DO pay for the service through your ISPs. I'd hope Americans would take umbrage at such a tax -- especially when EVERYBODY ELSE does not tax access. Then again, between all the news (distraction) coverage on Paris, Lindsey, Britney and "terrorism" ... crucial bills and amendments pass through unnoticed.
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