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UTC Datetime: 1996-08-05 18:59:10 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 02:59:10 +0800
From: NetSurfer <netsurf@pixi.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 02:59:10 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: ****Tacoma, Washington Starts Taxing Internet Access 07/30/96
In-Reply-To: <199607311533.LAA05116@mccannerick-bh.mccann.com>
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On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Joseph M. Reagle Jr. wrote:
>
> >WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., 1996 JUL 30 (NB) -- By Bill Pietrucha.
> >Tacoma, Washington, has just gained the distinction of being the
> >only municipality in the United States to tax Internet Access
> >providers (IAPs) like telephone service providers.
> >
Hawaii has been taxing this (and everything else incl. collected
taxes, food & medical) for years :-( calling it a "general excise tax"
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