FC: Newseum program today; Pres candidates and no-net-taxes pledge

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[I will be at the Newseum in Arlington VA on the "Inside Media" program
12:30 - 1:30 pm ET today. Topics include Y2K and online jlism. I understand
the show is broadcast and archived at www.freedomforum.org and distributed
to public radio stations via the National Public Radio feed. --DBM]

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http://www.cnnfn.com/news/technology/newsbytes/140135.html

Presidential Candidates
Asked To Pledge - No Net
Taxes 
December 01, 1999: 4:49 p.m. ET

                  WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A. (NB) -- By Robert
                  MacMillan, Newsbytes. Anti-Internet taxation group
                  the E-Freedom Coalition on Dec. 12 plans to ask
                  every candidate in the 2000 presidential race to sign
                  a pledge taking an official stance against any form of
                  new Internet taxation. At least one candidate,
                  Arizona Sen. John McCain, R, is likely to support
                  such a pledge, if a speech he gave today against
                  Internet taxation is any indication. 
                   The E-Freedom Coalition at a press conference
                  this November unveiled a proposal for the
                  congressionally appointed Advisory Commission on
                  Electronic Commerce (ACEC) that would strip the
                  Internet of all taxes. The coalition includes several
                  ACEC members, including Stanley Sokul and
                  Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist.
                  [...]




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