FCC eyes tax on Internet service

Those who can pay should pay more to help those who can't.

Change in America... Ain't it grand?

I hope the people I steal wi-fi from aren't overly burdened by this new tax.

"It's NOT a tax"

From the source:

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The FCC could run into legal problems with the Internet Tax Freedom Act, a 1998 law that bans the government from taxing Internet access. But the FCC has long argued that Universal Service is a fee that the providers choose to pass on to consumers and not a tax.
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lol

I guess the FCC is going to have to buy a few million rounds of hollow point ammo too.

lol

What about free WIFI at the Super 8?

dont worry about it

by the time it kicks in, we'll all be e mailing each other with smoke.

Fuck you commie lunatic want to kill the internet?

"Change in America... Ain't it grand?"

Geesh...why am I not surprised.

The Gubbmemt is scrambling for any source of revenue to continue feeding and growing the monstrous abomination called "bureaucracy"...All those gov workers sitting at a desk and pulling six figures to decide if they need this $400.00 shovel or that one.

It's like in local municipalities. The cops don't patrol the hoods and ghettos anymore, they patrol the middle and upper class neighborhoods. They know they can write more tickets and pull in the revenue they need to pay their own salaries.

Some will say "but they are protecting your assetts"...right...with a citation book.

The abomination is unsustainable and they know it...so they keep looking for more and more ways to make average people carry the burden of their costs.

Gov workers...top to bottom...should not make more than 50-60 k a year. I don't care what you do. Not good enough? Get a real job then. Gov workers should be there to serve, not profit.

hah! Astute observation, lets watch for this should this go through.

Thinking he was being a bit facetious....

Well, they have to keep an eye out for their masters. What did everybody expect?

Hope my neighbors wifi will pull thru

I can live without internet, rate the economy ,and the world is going I wont have internet soon anyways.

Me to

more likt they are trying to scavenge funds to pay for the mormon information collection citadel , plus fusion centers , plus backup citadels plus backup fusion centers plus jobs with benefits for the staff plus money to funnel to campaigns to make this legal , all that shit ain't cheap so dig deep monkeys every single download at some point will come with a 1 dollah or more service tax

Don't we already pay tax on the service like Comcast? I already see tax charges on my statements.

If its a post to find if people will support this let me state my opinion ....

Go tax your own assholes you sick parasite scum !

Fuck FCC !

FUCK THEM. Why am I being targetted to pay for people who can't afford it. WTF. This will be unopposed and will go through like everthing else in this fucken socialist country

welcome to the new USSA

Don't worry Judge Roberts will reword it so they can tax whatever they want it to be

just remember...the FCC doesn't have taxing authority...congress does...vote and put in the ones who support internet freedom...that means free to express ideas and NO MORE TAXES ON ANYTHING!!!!!

face it - the partys over folks.

2012-2016 will suck the water out of the hudson river.

The only tax I would agree with is a similar one to the blank media tax (private copying levy) if they stop fighting piracy.

The construction of high-speed Internet networks to the estimated 19 million Americans who currently lack access should be dealt with by local service providers.

If service providers are able to earn back their investment and make a profit, they will construct it. If that is not the case and the government will do it instead because there is no money to be made, it is money down the drain, taxpayers money.

We have to survive the first quarter of 2013, thinking beyond that at this point is wasted thought... IMO

The party was over when Bush "won" the "election" in 2000.

The Connect America Fund, huh. Something tells me this "fund" won't see a dime from this new internet tax.

meant 1999