Net Tax May Get the Heave-Ho

by Declan McCullagh

3:35 p.m. 2.Feb.2000 PST WASHINGTON -- If you don't like the idea of rapacious tax collectors making you pay extra for online purchases, two U.S. legislators want to ease your fears.

At a press conference scheduled for Thursday morning in the Capitol building, Representative Chris Cox (R-California) and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) will announce a plan to ban Net-only taxes forever.

As in never again.

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Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), February 03, 2000

Answers

Ray- Nice catch.

Declan - Nice to see you are still working for a living.

Chuck

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), February 03, 2000.

Never again? Whatever congress does, the next congress can undo.

Or, as they say in New Hampshire: No ones life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

-- Cash (cash@andcarry.com), February 03, 2000.

Perhaps my favorite quote from New Hampshire is the state motto:

"Live Free or Die!"

Good advice for us all.

-- Chris Tisone (c_tisone@hotmail.com), February 03, 2000.

Yeah, it's got ot stink hammering that state motto out on every license place when you're locked up in a state prison, don't you think?

-- Sarcasm (is a subtle@virtue.com), February 03, 2000.

er...license PLATE. right.

-- Sarcasm (is a subtle@virtue.com), February 03, 2000.