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FC: Net-tax panel says Congress should hold hearings on privacy
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 17:47:34 -0600
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35103,00.html Mixed on Taxes, Not Privacy by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com) 3:15 p.m. Mar. 21, 2000 PST DALLAS -- A federal panel that couldn't agree on Internet taxes managed to tell Congress to pass laws to protect Americans' privacy online. Nearly all members of an advisory commission on Tuesday afternoon said that the privacy implications of taxing electronic commerce are worrisome enough that Congress should hold hearings on the topic. In the morning session, a minority of commissioners -- peeved since they felt they were being repeatedly overruled by the rest of the panel -- abstained from the vote on the privacy proposal. But a few hours later, after they realized they were being viewed as Big Brother backers, an embarrassed crew of state and local government officials sheepishly asked if they could change their minds. [...] http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35087,00.html Impasse at the Net Tax Corral by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com) 1:00 p.m. Mar. 21, 2000 PST DALLAS -- Closed-door negotiations between pro-tax and anti-tax proponents broke down Tuesday afternoon, leaving a federal commission with no recommendations to send to Congress about the future of e-commerce taxation. "We do not believe a consensus at this time is forming," said Governor James Gilmore (R-Virginia), the panel's chairman. Ever since Monday afternoon, members of the 19-person commission have been meeting to eke out a compromise that would garner the two-thirds majority required by law to make recommendations. The meetings didn't work. State and local government members, led by Governor Michael Leavitt (R-Utah), were unable to sway businesses to join their side. [...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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