Political Quotes

“I have another argument that causes pause for me and that is that, while, yes, everybody is talking about all the commerce that occurs on the Internet, there is a lot more depravity that occurs on the Internet than commerce. The top Web sites visited on the Internet are Web sites having to do with pornography. As the father of six young kids, I have to tell you that continuing in the sense of subsidies by not allowing taxation concerns me. It seems to me these Internet IFCs and others who are so concerned in coming up here saying don't tax us and don't hold back the potential of the Internet seem to be a heck of a lot less concerned about the impact of culture debasement that is going on as a result of the exposure of pornography and violence and what I would consider antisocial activities that occur with frequency and that are even more harmfully imposed on young kids in popup ads, through e-mail and spam and through other vehicles that these lecherous members of the international community--it is not just in this country--use to try to sell their wares on the Internet.”