INTERNET TAX BAN EXPIRES

This story is somewhat troublesome. The five-year ban on taxing connections to the Internet expired today while a permanent prohibition moves slowly through Congress. The legislation for a permanent ban is bogged down by tax-loving lawmakers who cloak it as a states rights issue and a federal ban would take away their ability to stick it to their citizens in another way. Illustrious Senator I-love-all-taxes Voinivich of Ohio is against the ban.

One has to have the feeling that politicians do absolutely nothing but try to find new ways to take peoples' property. It's insidious. Taxes on your electricity, gas, cable, and telephone already stealthly eat away at disposable income. Hold on to your wallet.