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- CrashKC, on 08/25/2008, -3/+29No digg until I hear this from a reputable news outlet.
- Specks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11This is not comming from a reputable source. This isn't worth its salt. Looks like another hoax to me.
- MikeKnoop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9PLEASE SEARCH GOOGLE BEFORE POSTING ARTICLES.
http://www.wirelessweek.com/index.asp?layout=newsat2direct&starting=4&pubdate=07/31/03
This story needs to be replaced with that link.
Note if your too lazy to read it:
"WASHINGTON -- The Senate Commerce Committee decided to include wireless Internet access as being exempt from Internet Access taxes today."
Thank you,
-Mike - adidax, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8lol. I love all the info this article gives on the subject. A whole 122 words. Great journalism at its peak, no doubt.
- Livewired, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It's amazing how many idiots have dugg this. A few have noticed that this is bogus, but everyone loves to jump on the "eff bush" bandwagon. Shows how much some are interested in the truth.
- KenAycock, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"No digg until I hear this from a reputable news outlet."
Agreed. - vandadam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"No digg until I hear this from a reputable news outlet."
I third this motion... Totally a hoax. - helix400, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Ok, can anyone provide..you know...an actual link or source?
Heresay is fun and all. And strong rumors are better, but sometimtes...I know...call me crazy...I like factual links. - MikeKnoop, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Haha. I love biased articles. While its true that President Bush ultimatly accepts the budget, do ANY of you know how the budget is formed?
I'm in a Government class and last week we learned the process of budget making.
So heres a sum up;
Interest Groups, Senators, Representatives, Commitees and EVERY signle government owned business submits their assumed budget for the coming year. This includes payroll... all the way down to office supplies.
Next, the president takes out his red pen, adds some zeros here, removes some zeros there, and is ultimatley returned back to the senate / representatives for approval. Once a 'final' budget is passed by the house and senate, it goes to the President for final approval. He may veto or sign it just like any other law. (therefore, the bill acts like any law, if he vetos, it goes back to the senate)
Now as you can see in that process, budget proposals happen from both sides of the party line. This article is unclear where the proposal came from. While I can't tell you that, I can tell you if President Bush put this into writing or spoke it at one time, I could almost guarentee you he did not "think up" this proposal.
If you have evidence that counters anything I have said, please reply.
-Mike - spudular, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4So why exactly are most of you commentators getting all fired up about this?
Im pretty sure that more reputable news sources would've picked this up before "aunty-spam.com"--reported as inaccurate and lame. - PhilM, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5How the hell would you enforce this? Absolutely ridiculous. This is what happens when governments make laws for technology without actually understanding the technology.
- Demagogue, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9>Is it just me or do republicans LOVE TAXES. Like how one week after the 04 election, a band of republican governors proposed a new tax on all internet sales. Gotta love em.
Its usually the complete other way around.... - diggnationdevon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Bad news source...
- mogrefy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Nice source, this kind of BS (use a real source) wrecks digg.
- gofargogo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Not a reputable source. Do 10 seconds of googling and you'll see it isn't ANYWHERE else on the net, but there are stories of the U.S. Gov't against a similar fee in Japan.
No Digg. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3HAHA, another hoax
- boohiss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Everyone loves taxes as long as they are levied on someone else. "The rich", "property owners", "everyone should pay their fair share", etc. But when the tax man comes to you, all the sudden you aren't so enthusiastic.
- tlianza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Bravo Livewired. This became a "I'd rather bash Bush than RTFA" thread. When is Digg going to add the "Bury" feature??
- detrate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4RTFA, the site it links to is crap and the article lacks substance.
no digg - glucoseboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hey folks,
Please keep the rhetoric and sound bites in check.
we're starting to sound like FARK. - GhostFreeman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Agreed with the majority, this looks like/sounds like a propoganda piece. Undugg.
I'm positive that Wifi is the enemy to every telco in the U.S., which has a big hand in the FCC now, but licensing 2.4GHz would light a fire underneath just about everyone who has devices that broadcast on said spectrum.
That, and I think the spectrum auction was aimed at ridding the FCC of VHF, UHF, etc. - phlll, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hoax. Totally.
- KorbenDallas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3'Bravo Livewired. This became a "I'd rather bash Bush than RTFA" thread. When is Digg going to add the "Bury" feature??'
Ditto. - spartan777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3this is ridiculous. what a hoax. republicans don't even like taxes! have all the liberals forgotten already who gave the tax breaks about a year ago to us? BUSH! of course, that's right, liberals tend to have a selective memory.
- NotAPoet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Vote inaccurate:
The U.S. government is encouraging Japan to drop a proposal to tax users of Wi-Fi devices and high-bandwidth wireless local area networks (define). Doing so, it claims, would result in dampening demand and slowing development of wireless Internet services.
http://tinyurl.com/ao4na - irrision, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Haha, I agree. This is a HOAX. I hear about this stuff all the time. Like the previous comment talking about internet taxes. Federal taxes on the internet are outright banned until 2008 and will probably never be instated because it would be impossible to enforce. Just like this hoax of a story. I wouldn't even believe it if it were on CNN, after all they did pickup the email tax hoax that keeps coming around.
- joelito, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The closest match on the budget proposal
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2007/other.html
Look for the section titled FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
There's a box that has the actual proposal - actor90, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This story is BOGUS. The writer of the story needs to adjust their tin foil hat. They are miss reading Bush's brain waves again, lol.
- terrix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Is there an actual reputable news site talking about this. This rates a high score on the B.S. meter, kind of like the emails regarding Clinton/Bush enacting an email tax.
- tharealmegaman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3First, people criticize Bush for cutting taxes, now for raising taxes. Great.
btw, republicans historically cut taxes more than democrats. - Rounin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Reported as inaccurate.
- jamiequint, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Can everyone just go over to www.politicalcrossfire.com or something and stop with the armchair economics and other arguments about taxation that you really know nothing about. Thanks. Also, this story is stupid, don't you think if this was true in this context CNN/NY Times/Fox/Anyone Else That Is Reputable would have picked it up by now? No Digg!
- ahsteele, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"No digg until I hear this from a reputable news outlet." - zoomx2
There is no major news source reporting on this story anywhere.
At least according to my google news search:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=wifi+tax&btnG=Search+News - generalleoff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I expected a wifi tax proposal for some time now and I also wouldn't count on the radio spectrum it uses to be unlicensed for much longer. wireless is booming and it's just a matter of time before interference is common and the FCC decides to regulate it.
I personally doubt the wifi tax will happen cuz it's the kind of thing that's a bitch to regulate exactly who should be taxed (who is using it) and thus just ends up wasting tax money and man power to collect the tax. Much like the UK and others controversial radio/TV tax system.
It's just easier to provide the service for free and fund it with some other commercial means and let the government tax that. - Unimatrix0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah, yeah...and...and...I hear they are going to start a modem tax and...and... an email tax too!
- Abduladu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4First of all "Bush" is NOT God. He is credited with everything from the disaster of hurricanes to what is made out to be personally listening in on phone conversations. He must be one hell of a busy guy to be doing all of this!!
Next, "Bush" doesn't usually have the first or final word. Almost everything he does is actually has to be approved by congress first. This would certainly fall into that category. He could propose such taxes, but it would take congress to actually enact them.
Finally, this obviously isn't a reliable impartial news site that can be trusted for full details (which aren't even provided). - firehydra2k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't like being biased and closed minded, but I need a real source.
- ricecold, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Bogus....quit digging
- podwich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah, right. I'd like to see a bit more reliable a source than "aunty-spam.com".
- altjeringa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I propose a tax on new taxes!
- fyrfyter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Like this is gonna happen. Every politician in DC is going to vote "No" against this one, when they find out that they are going to have to pay more money for themselves and their kids to go wireless in their homes, so they can continue to steal music like the rest of the world does. No Digg, until this comes from someplace reliable like CNet.
- jettavito, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is a bogus story!
- ShibbySandwich, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1hey powercow, thats probably the stupidest thing ive ever read. Furthermore, this is clearly a hoax.
- Sithseth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It wont tax home usage people. It tax such companies as google for their town covered service.
This is like saying your taxed for using a hand radio, or walky talky, they don't.
No digg for not explaining in detail. - anamanaman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Great source. Some lame blog. Nice try bush haters. Republicans are the ones who want to lower taxes for everyone.
- shoop008, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1powercow when you spend more you are taxed more. You shouldn't have to pay a higher percentage just because buy more expensive things. If you make more money, it just makes sense that you get more back with a tax cut.
Basically to me that says that if you set up a pay for use wifi network then there will be some sort of federal tax on it. That doesn't say that you will be taxed for having a wireless network or free wifi at your local coffee shop. - matcrawf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@powercow.
your strategy sucks. - SyDIGG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Right ...first you complain about bush cutting taxes. Now you accuse him of wanting to tax WiFi and bitching about it? Bush will never be for a new tax of any kind. This story is a hoax. Like all the other hoaxes, the bush hating crowd fell for it.
- solarpowered, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Will *never* happen. Stand down, all.
Go outside and play. -
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