A tax on internet access sounds like an errosion of first ammendment rights to me. It's as bad a TV licenses in the UK, but a least in the UK there is no tax (VAT) on books, Newspapers and Magazines.

It's also worth noting that in the UK you have to pay VAT on subscriptions to games such as World of Worcraft, PlanetSide, Star Wars Galaxies, and their ilk. Even though the servers you choose to play on may be based in the US, the fact that your IP is in the UK automatically means having to pay tax on the subscription fee.

Let's not give Fatty Broon any more ideas for new taxes...

Doesn't the bastard screw us for enough already?

I might complain a little less if I could actually see any benefit - either personal or national - for it.

But there is nothing other than the slow decaying of our once good country.

Why are these people being seen to be doing us a favor by not taxing the internet?

Another fine example of how desperate the US economy is if they are becoming so eager to tax anything that people rely on. I would be interested to see how other governments handle this as its another fine example of how maybe China ain't so bad.

It is often joked about how if Microsoft invented the alphabet then we couldn't afford to read - now I know why, the US government would tax it!

i wouldnt mind a "universal access" type tax of a few dollars on internet services, provided that funds went to setting up and maintaining a fiber access to every home that wanted it.