Senators don't want 1898 tax to hit Net

[Bob Gould]

 A tax originally created to pay for the Spanish-American War may not be extended to Internet connections after all.

Sen. George Allen on Monday announced a bill to prevent the IRS and the Treasury Department from levying a 3 percent federal excise tax to e-mail, broadband links or voice over Internet Protocol services.

"We didn't win the Spanish-American War to have our own government 'federales' burdening Americans with taxes on innovation over 100 years later," said Allen, a Republican from Virginia. Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, also is backing the legislation.

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This is wild we are still paying for the Spanish American War?