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To: Eric Wells who wrote (64669)	6/26/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (2) of 164684

OT <Internet taxes - this is bound to happen at some point > Taxes are inevitable but now is the time for the public to form their opinions and force government toward responsibility, IMO. Here are a few of my views on taxing the internet: The nature of the Internet is to put a huge amount of information and the ability to create, build upon, rate is and scrutinize it into the hands of the individual. The public should have fewer reasons to rely on government in order to make informed decisions and protect themselves. The Internet should be a great equalizer and cause for decentralization of government - in a similar way that networking and the Internet are revolutionizing the way businesses operate. We need less, more efficient and direct government than currently exists. The Internet creates a commercial structure which "taxes" government expenditures and the environment less than conventional commerce. A large reason the US is in the midst of unprecedented, continuous expansion with very low rates of inflation is because of the increase in productivity caused by information and computing technologies. Regardless of politics, the Internet is re-shaping society. One of the biggest expenses of our society is associated with transportation. Automobiles and daily commuting in particular determine the need for roads, bridges, traffic enforcement, hospitals, pollution control, etc. at a tremendous cost. The government should tax the Internet to a much lesser extent than it taxes regular commerce. A large portion of that tax should be used in programs that promote telecommuting and programs that provide computers, training and Internet access for the under-privileged. Thirty percent of highway taxes should be diverted to programs that refund the taxes to companies that create telecommuting programs for their employees. Get the cars off the roads during rush hours - stop building more roads. Obviously this is just scratching the surface of what government "leaders" should be doing to benefit society through the efficient use of the Internet. Bureaucracies tend to perpetuate themselves and grow like cancers – so keeping their hands off the Internet will be difficult. I think the public should say “Show us how much Internet commerce costs to support and then tax only that much”.

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