I’m not sure how this will play out, but the May 19th special election is bound to change everything. Measures 1A through 1 F are meant to close the budget gaps, but I’m sure that at least half of these measures will fail. If Prop 1A fails, we are left with the same problems, and more time for the Governor and the Democrats to work to try to get the intransigent Republicans to compromise…again.

Funny thing is, I’m with the republicans on this one – we all want services, but not new taxes. The legislature doesn’t seem to see that the budget woes are something caused by the same problems that put Arnold in the governor’s office. Once those things are paid for, the problems shouldn’t happen again.

Also, the Prop 1A analysis, part of the voter’s information guide, states that the effects of passage are not completely understandable – great! Just what I want, legislation passed where no one seems to know the outcome. If Californians read the guide, they’ll vote it down – but I think i’m being too optimistic.

Anyway, not to bounce the ball elsewhere, but the originator of this was the AG of NY, Cuomo, trying to make a name for himself. He is the same one that, by trying to rid the Internet of kiddie porn (something everyone should be for) managed to get newsgroup removal from all the big ISPs. The thing no one seemed to notice was that the method of operation the NY AG chose had no hopes of doing what was ostensibly the purpose.

So Cuomo is two for two, bad decisions both, and ones that bring misery to many others, not located in New York state.

Hey all lets punish the entrepreneurs and the small businesses and lets make foreign companies pay tax to us.

The internet is a global entity and thus should not be taxed by any one single country of state. Yes tax google but don’t tax those using googles add services.

I am getting the right end of the stick here aren’t I?

@Prydie

Israel had a law proposal for internet tax, but decided to deny it,

the internet started as the true free communication between countries, that had no boundaries, it started (beside the US army ARPANET that used as the internet core) with universities connecting themselves to each other (for free) and companies that connected to each other and eventually we got the ISPs…

if governments will start territories the NET then probably an alternatively internet will arise based on companies and privates donating their computers and lines, kind of a private net,

it happened to the old BBS computers and lines (for other reasons) it will happen to the internet if it will be: censored, taxed, limited, monitored and commercialized more than it is.

way back when (aprox 1994) when my friend talled me about the internet and converted me from BBS, he did not allow me on the net until i read the document called “Netiquette” which stated the do’s and don’ts of the internet (like no cursing, no advertising, no spamming…) where is it now? the government and companies have taken over the net, it is not the free communication of people any more, and it hasn’t been such for a long long time.