I think it is clear that, with the more than 7,000 taxing jurisdictions in our country, if ever there was something that was inherently interstate in nature, it is the Internet. I think we can just imagine the kind of chaos if even a small fraction of these 7,600 taxing jurisdictions took a bite out of the Internet. We would have a crazy quilt of laws with respect to the Internet.
Ron Wyden: “I think it is clear that, with the more than 7,000 taxing jurisdictions in our country, if ever there was something that…”
On the recordNovember 6, 2003
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Discussing the implications of taxing jurisdictions on the Internet.
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