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Senator: No Tax Breaks For Broadband

Senator: No Tax Breaks For Broadband

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), who has led the fight to allow states to tax Internet connections, said Friday the broadband industry needs no special tax breaks from the federal government.

“There were dire predictions that if states were allowed to keep taxing this access that it would become a terrible burden for the industry. Nothing could be further from the truth,” Alexander said on the floor of the Senate. “It is not the American way to subsidize such new inventions; it is the American way to let them earn their way forward in the marketplace.” Congress let a five-year moratorium on Internet access taxes expire in November of 2003. The moratorium expressly exempted ten states that were already taxing dial-up connections when the legislation went into effect.

Source: Internet News

Comments

  1. Thrax
    Thrax
    "It is not the American way to subsidize such new inventions."

    Please read your American history mister Alexander. The United States offered copious amounts of land to the Railroad industry for free to encourage westward expansion in the post-reconstructionist era of the late 1800s.

    This is not a physical expansion, but certainly an expansion of importance. I would deathly hate to see it tramped on by a retarded Republican trying to yank money from anywhere he can find it. You sure you're in the right party, Lamar?
  2. KingFish
    KingFish My thoughts exactly. I'm surprised to hear such talk from the elephant party. This sounds like it should be coming from a jackass instead.

    KingFish
  3. Ol_John Um, when is the last time you saw no taxes on your phone bill or your cable bill?

    Two things need to happen.

    First this fool needs to be voted out of office.

    Second, it doesn't matter as long as this fool is gone. He's confusing public service with public screwing and not giving any consideration to the already overburdened taxpayers.

    I'll bet he voted for his last pay raise though. Don't ya wish we could all do that?
  4. KingFish
    KingFish Of course I'd love to vote for my own pay raise. This surprises me coming from Lamar Alexander has he's usually much more moderate. I hope this isn't a trend coming from him.

    KingFish

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