-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <Pine.GUL.3.95.970428005110.13976A-100000@Networking.Stanford.EDU>, on 04/28/97 at 01:52 AM, Rich Graves <llurch@networking.stanford.edu> said:
Should electronic commerce be taxed, and how?
No, NEVER!!!
What should be taxed, income, sales, or both?
None of the Above
Who should tax, the federal government, states, or both?
Neither
Should a special excise tax be imposed on selected aspects of electronic commerce?
No ofcource not.
Is Internet taxation feasible, and how?
No it is not.
Answering these and similar questions requires agreement on the appropriate economic objectives of Internet taxation combined with an understanding of the dynamic interplay between technological and legal forces.
<sigh> It is obvious that whomever wrote this that they have already made up their mind that the Internet should be taxed and are only interested in disscussing on how to divide up the loot. The above questions are a good example of push polling though. - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. Finger whgiii@amaranth.com for PGP Key and other info - ----------------------------------------------------------- Tag-O-Matic: Have you crashed your Windows today? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Registered User E-Secure v1.1 ES000000 iQCVAwUBM2Rugo9Co1n+aLhhAQFpAAP/VdOIo/vRWtg+MHfUEmzjFg4ri29GWAI4 x7NJ8JpD7shsIDCdLsNw/0sM1iadSekvOo8CFRwAp+1PbN2C9BtB6U1WCcT8C8AA O36DrZQJlCOD2oMvhmyU1LztT/JHR0Tw0/+aJp8AL6MLLfkq1fJ3I/jja6HCv+JS YJqAZOsymJM= =ZaQZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----