On the recordNovember 7, 2003
The reason we did that years ago is that we did not have technological neutrality. The Internet was subject to taxes that were not subject to other areas, such as the snail mail delivery of papers. What has happened, however, is under the substitute that is being offered by the distinguished Senator from Tennessee, Mr. Alexander, we get away from the competitive neutrality that the distinguished Senator from South Carolina has been advocating. I want to be very specific about how that is being done, because I think a lot of Members believe that if they vote for the proposal by the Senator from Tennessee that it is somehow a safe vote, that all they are doing is continuing the status quo and it is really kind of an innocuous approach. It is not a safe vote. It is a vote to increase taxes.
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