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Technology Stocks : The New Qualcomm - a S&P500 company
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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (13444)7/8/2000 4:31:36 PM
From: Clarksterh   of 13582
 
Ramsey - A slightly off topic response to your post on the regulated thread:

First and foremost, no analysts or experts seem to bring up the biggest obstacle for wireless going forward - TAXATION. The outrageous cost for these spectrum is a pure form of taxation. In order to recover this tax, our wireless phone bill is probably higher taxed than what we would pay for gasoline or even sin tax such as cigarettes. This tax puts so much pressure on the carriers that one wrong move could mean do or die.

Well, in the sense that any money that goes to the government is tax, then yes. But this is sophistry<g>. Unlike real taxes these auctions are actually capitalism in action - giving a limited asset to someone who believes they can make the best use of it. What the consumers are really paying for is the use of an asset whose supply is limited.

Clark
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