Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-19 Thread Dan Steinberg
Patrick Greenwell wrote: > > On Wed, 19 May 1999, Dan Steinberg wrote: > > > I don't find this appalling at all. > > That's a shame. > > > It is indeed a very safe feature of the system. Consider the > > alternatives. Something gets drafted that (despite good intentions) > > created tremen

Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-19 Thread Gordon Cook
may i answer? the answer should scare the shit out of everone here and in effect thank god congress grabbed the money and gave it to nsf for NGI and internet 2. the fund was originally known as the the internet intellectual infrastructure fund. it was known by mitchel and others that ev

Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-19 Thread Dave Farber
Wait till the rest of the world adds its taxes. The USA Admin said no taxes on the net and then placed one. At 11:42 AM 5/19/99 -0700, Patrick Greenwell wrote: >On Wed, 19 May 1999, Dan Steinberg wrote: > > > I don't find this appalling at all. > >That's a shame. > > > It is indeed a very safe

Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-19 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Dan Steinberg wrote: > I don't find this appalling at all. That's a shame. > It is indeed a very safe feature of the system. Consider the > alternatives. Something gets drafted that (despite good intentions) > created tremendous inequities accidentally. Imagine the fal

Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-19 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 07:34 PM 5/18/99 -0700, you wrote: > >From: "FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT" > >A US appeals court ruled Friday that the money in a $62-million >Internet Development fund was collected legally from registrants of >Internet addresses and could be spent on internet development. The

Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-19 Thread Dan Steinberg
I don't find this appalling at all. It is indeed a very safe feature of the system. Consider the alternatives. Something gets drafted that (despite good intentions) created tremendous inequities accidentally. Imagine the fallout if there was no way to right the wrongs. IMHO this is a feature

Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-18 Thread Michael Sondow
Bill Lovell a écrit: > Some relevant questions arise, however, and without taking > any positions on them, I'll ask, anyway: > > 1) One complaint is that NSI has been getting beaucoup bucks > on its contract, but the USG (i.e., us taxpayers) got nuthin. So > isn't $62 mill in university researc

Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-18 Thread Michael Sondow
Patrick Greenwell a écrit: > > On Tue, 18 May 1999, Bill Lovell wrote: > > > The US District Court for the District of Columbia agreed that it > > was a tax but said that Congress could retroactively authorize it, > > which lawmakers did later that month. > > This most of all, is particularly a

Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-18 Thread Bill Lovell
At 08:15 PM 5/18/99 -0700, you wrote: >On Tue, 18 May 1999, Bill Lovell wrote: > >> The US District Court for the District of Columbia agreed that it >> was a tax but said that Congress could retroactively authorize it, >> which lawmakers did later that month. > >This most of all, is particular

Re: [IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-18 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Tue, 18 May 1999, Bill Lovell wrote: > The US District Court for the District of Columbia agreed that it > was a tax but said that Congress could retroactively authorize it, > which lawmakers did later that month. This most of all, is particularly appalling /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

[IFWP] The "Tax" and how to spend the $62 million

1999-05-18 Thread Bill Lovell
From: "FEDIX OPPORTUNITY ALERT" A US appeals court ruled Friday that the money in a $62-million Internet Development fund was collected legally from registrants of Internet addresses and could be spent on internet development. The news delighted officials at the National S