Congress Reinstates Internet Access Tax Ban

Khephra

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Fri Nov-19-04 07:25 PM
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Congress Reinstates Internet Access Tax Ban

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Friday reinstated a ban on Internet access taxes after the House of Representatives agreed to extend it for another three years rather than make it permanent.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=10&u=/nm/20041119/pl_nm/tech_taxes_dc

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Straight Shooter

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Fri Nov-19-04 07:28 PM
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1. Well, I'll wait for the other shoe to drop

I guess they expect us to all run around shouting, "Whoopee! Congress has done the right thing."

Now they'll move forward with actually controlling access to what we view on the Internet.

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msgadget

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Fri Nov-19-04 07:31 PM
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2. "It's good for the economy,

it stimulates growth." Don't you remember the last time we had catastrophic news? We were told to go shopping. :crazy:

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The Spirit of JFK

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Fri Nov-19-04 07:52 PM
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3. Well as we all know, eBay is a HUGE factor in the economy

Cheney said so.

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GetTheRightVote

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Fri Nov-19-04 11:03 PM
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4. What economy, the dollar is falling, falling, falling ........

But don't let that worry the repubs with all their money.

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