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To: SirRealist who wrote (84525)	2/7/2003 2:40:59 PM
From: Frederick Langford	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 208838

A former EBay (EBAY: news, chart, profile) vice president-turned state government executive thinks it's time to tax the Internet. Controller Steve Westly told Silicon Valley business leaders yesterday, "I think the Internet ought to be taxed like every other part of the economy." He hinted at plans to recommend sales taxes on e-commerce, as well as surcharges on Internet access and software downloads. "This is a time when we have to put everything on the table," he said, according to the Mercury News. Bad Idea! Fred