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Democrat Party Won't Bother

A congress controlled by the Democratic party that permanently bans any tax would have to be a portent of the apocalypse.

Maybe they'll extend it.

reply to lesopp
Both of you must now turn in your keyboards and go sit in the back of the room with the pointy caps on for the remainder of the Internet tax debate.

Let's review the facts:

1) the Original Ban on Internet taxes was written, proposed, and pushed through the Congress by a DEMOCRAT - Senator Ron Wyden or Oregon. It was the pressure from both democratic and republican former governors that serve in the Senate that prevented the ban from being permanent.

2) When the ban was renewed in 2003, again through the efforts of the DEMOCRAT, Sen. Wyden, the REPUBLICAN Senate leadership required the inclusion of an exception to allow the taxation of VOIP before they would let it move.

3) "I wonder why the Democrat party hasn't taken the time to introduce a permanent tax ban. It might help with Congress' 11% approval rating." BZZZP! A DEMOCRAT introduced a PERMANENT extension of the ban in this congress - The Wyden/McCain bill, and the only reason it hasn't moved yet is the opposition of Sen. Alexander and several other REPUBLICANS (ok and at least one DEMOCRAT, Sen. Carper.)

Anyone who still believes that Republicans are for lower taxes on folks making under $250k a year, as opposed to tax cuts for the truly wealthy and their heirs, at least any more than the Democrats, is buying a fairly old and aromatic line of bull. Both sides are equally for (and against) lower taxes for the majority of us, it's on the top 1% of incomes and estates where the parties radically diverge.