Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I urge support for this piece of legislation. Everyone in the world knows that the Internet is a magic system that impacts upon every life on the planet in one way or another. The simple transfer of information in so many different ways and in every field of human endeavor gives great promise for the future. Indeed, the real problem is how long government and its influence can be properly visited upon this Internet system, and therein lies the problem. What if anything should be done to allow taxes or taxation or a series of taxes on the access to the Internet? That is a central problem. We have grappled with that for quite some time, and the central issue has become whether or not we should take our time and really study the issue before we look into that dark realm of taxation as it pertains to the Internet. So the parties have agreed, to a great extent, for the extension of a moratorium on any further action before we really search out the facts in this.”