Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
It may be a strange combination, but Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Rob Atkinson of the centrist Internet and Technology and Innovation Foundation and myself teamed up today on a piece in The Hill to denounce taxation of the Internet. Our conclusion: Congress should make the ban permanent. You can read the full text here.
The House, by the way, has already ignored our advice, and voted instead yesterday for a four-year extension. The action now moves to the Senate.
Stay tuned, of course.
James Gattuso / James Gattuso is a Senior Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy in the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Gattuso also leads the Enterprise and Free Markets Initiative at Heritage, with responsiblity for a range of regulatory and market issues. Prior to joining Heritage, he served as Vice President for Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and also as Vice President for Policy Development with Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE). From 1990 to 1993, he was Deputy Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy at the Federal Communications Commission. From May 1991 to June 1992, he was detailed from the FCC to the office of Vice President Dan Quayle, where he served as Associate Director of the President's Council on Competitiveness. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife Dana, 8 year-old son, Peter (whom he relies upon to operate his VCR), and his four year-old daughter Lindsey (who does the DVD player.) He has no known hobbies, but is not nearly as boring as he seems.
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