PATHS: Internet Taxation (Wednesday May 7, 4:15 pm) (fwd)

Mon Apr 28 01:30:01 PDT 1997

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In <Pine.GUL.3.95.970428005110.13976A-100000 at Networking.Stanford.EDU>, on
04/28/97 at 01:52 AM,
   Rich Graves <llurch at 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.

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