[DWar]

As of November 1, 2007 Rmey is anti internet tax and in favor fo making it permanent

[worst-case scenario]

What does that mean?

[kinoxi]

think the indication of the house vote indicates that most American’s are of the point of view that Internet only taxes of the type you describe are not something we want to see. I have a specific position on that issue, but I do not want to see internet only taxes as you described them or access fees or email charges and so forth.

Doublespeak. This the candidate I have left to vote for?

[DWar]

MA: Ok, great. Let’s jump into internet taxes, some news today on that actually. The 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act bars federal state and local governments from taxing internet access or imposing discriminatory internet only taxes. Things like bit taxes, bandwidth taxes, email taxes. It doesn’t of course prohibit states from collecting sales taxes on things like e-commerce. It was twice extended by Congress and actually was set to expire this Thursday, but last week the Senate voted to extend the ban and then this morning the house voted 402-0 to approve the bill as well for a 7 year extension. I’d just like to get your position on internet only taxes.

MR: I think the indication of the house vote indicates that most American’s are of the point of view that Internet only taxes of the type you describe are not something we want to see. I have a specific position on that issue, but I do not want to see internet only taxes as you described them or access fees or email charges and so forth. We do enough taxing in this country and let’s not add more taxes. I’d rather see the tax for innovation reduced rather than expanded.

MA: It seems like along general party lines the Republicans wanted a permanent ban and Democrats wanted something less than that and they compromised on 7 years. Do you have any particular position on whether the ban should be permanent?

MR: Well I think it makes more sense to make it permanent. I think the Democrats recognized that if they do it every 7 years then they can go out and get contributions from companies that care and then vote for it every 7 years. It’s an old political ploy which is bring it back for a vote regularly and go back and hit people up for contributions…

[CharlesWayneCT]

BTW, I don’t think “anti-internet-tax” (which is a great position) is the same as being for the rights of states to charge sales tax on items their own citizens purchase over the internet.

[DesScorp]

Not real hot on his H1-B position, as I feel the whole program is basically a scam to bring in cheap labor for tech employers. There’s no shortage of tech talent in this country.

[DBrow]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960485/posts

He apparently wants to tax internet sales, according to this.

[SheLion]

         Mitt Romney