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richlevy · 01-13-2005, 01:19 PM

I agree with Tony that you should have approached the situation more carefully.

However, you are probably right about their attempt to locally tax ISP's. I thought that the Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act made it clear that they cannot single out the Internet. If they want to tax VOIP carriers like Vonage, then they might be able to do so, but a broad tax on Internet carriers would violate federal law.

You can notify you congressman's office about their plans. If it does violate federal law, he can probably set them straight.

01-13-2005, 01:19 PM	#9
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I agree with Tony that you should have approached the situation more carefully. However, you are probably right about their attempt to locally tax ISP's. I thought that the Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act made it clear that they cannot single out the Internet. If they want to tax VOIP carriers like Vonage, then they might be able to do so, but a broad tax on Internet carriers would violate federal law. You can notify you congressman's office about their plans. If it does violate federal law, he can probably set them straight. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama