Opposition to Net taxes heats up
The chair of a specially appointed Congressional commission, the House Budget committee chair and allies, and two senators all step forward with proposals to bar e-commerce or Internet access taxes.
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The chair of a specially appointed Congressional commission, the House Budget committee chair, two senators step forward with proposals to bar e-commerce or Internet access taxes. "[The Internet] is the most transforming technological development since the Industrial Revolution, and its growth must not be thwarted by taxation." - James Gilmore, Governor of Virginia and Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce chair | 
| | | Antitax groups offer e-commerce plan A coalition of antitax and consumer groups join House Budget committee chairman John Kasich to present a plan to a federal commission that would limit taxes on e-commerce.
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