Why we need to keep Internet access tax free
Good news. We can all breath a sigh of relief here in the US of A as our illustrious Senate and House have both decided to keep the ban on Internet access taxes for at least the next four years. While there are still some issues to iron out before the bill is sent to the President, it seems that our government understands the importance of keeping this ban in place.
We get taxed on plenty of things already, Internet access doesn’t need to be one of them. And I’m not saying that because I’m against any kind of taxes or something crazy like that. I happen to like having police and fire departments, clean water and all those other great benefits that paying at least some taxes affords us. I just don’t see the need in taxing someone’s Internet access.
Let me tell you why.
For those of you that don’t know, the Internet was originally conceived as a communication tool between scientists located in different parts of the world. Not to create some ghastly looking MySpace.com page that shows off your latest high school pranks and pictures of your cat. That’s what we’ve come to, but that’s not where we started.
Keeping the lines of access free and clear of any taxes has enable Internet usage to grow at an incredible rate, at least since the advent of the World Wide Web that made the Internet really accessible to anyone that cared.
The Internet has always been about delivering information to anyone with the access and there’s never been a time more important that people need access to any and all information that affects their world. From kids completing those ridiculously complex research papers, to the college professor doing some research on some new vaccine that will rid the world of acne, information is the backbone of the Internet.
And you shouldn’t have to tax to get access to information. I’m not saying that information should be free, not by any stretch of the imagination. But why tax the access? Are we trying to pay for the Internet? Who does that bill belong to? Not the people that are accessing the Internet, that’s for sure.
I’m just hoping that before the bill is actually signed into law that our beloved Congress has the sense to just make this ban permanent so that this issue doesn’t raise its ugly head again. Ban the internet access tax for good and move on to more important matters.
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