04-28-2004, 03:23 PM
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Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
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Originally posted by TheVirginiaDude
Not hardly they weren't collecting it before broadband existed, how can it be effecting their bottom lines.
States weren't collecting gasoline taxes before cars replaced horses, . . . so your "point" is . . . ? As for affecting their bottom line, if your salary was reduced, but your household expenses remained the same, what would that do to your bottom line?
The internet is clearly an interstate enterprise. which is under feral control.
feral control . . . that's so freudian . . . however, while the internet is the "information superhighway" should local providers of broadband be tax-exempt in the states where they provide the service? Seems to me that the industry is expanding exponentially, with 25% penetration in homes with the internet and over 50% in businesses, why do they need a tax break? Basicially, you're saying you're "ok" with having to pay higher local taxes and/or have less local services, so that your local broadband provider can avoid taxes that every other business in your state or county pays.
I oppose this tax, why? take a look at your phone bill sometime, almost half of what you pay isn't to the phone company at all.
Is there a state tax on your land line and local cell service?
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