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From: era@ncar.ucar.edu (Ed Arnold)
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Subject: Re: modems and money
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Date: 7 Nov 90 05:36:30 GMT
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Index Number: 11616

In article <15313@bunker.UUCP> 34AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET (Bill Gorman) writes:
|Index Number: 11431
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|Does anybody know the status of the proposed taxes Bush wants to slap
|on modems, computers, etc., as the user fees proposed for everyone
|using a modem over a phone line?

What?  Could you explain this, please?  Are you talking just about the
proposed tax on new equipment, or have you heard that he's going to try
to tax existing equipment too?

I have the feeling that if he sets the threshold for taxing new
equipment at $1000, we're all going to learn very quickly how to
purchase piece-by-piece ...
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