On the recordApril 27, 2004
The other thing is, high-speed Internet access really had not arrived 5 or 6 years ago. It has arrived today. It is the fastest-growing technology. If we make a mistake on the telephone section of this bill, we will drive a Mack truck through State and local governments, and we can rename this bill the ``Higher Local Property Tax'' bill of 2004 or the ``State Income Tax Bill in Tennessee'' or the ``State Income Tax Bill in Texas,'' because if you take away hundreds of millions of dollars from State and local governments--or billions of dollars eventually--they have to look for another source of revenue.
Said by
Douglas Alexander
Labour Party
Source
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