RE: OT: EU Ponders Tax on SMS, Email

May 27, 2006

> We often read the Urban Rumor that the US Congress is considering taxing

> our e-mails and such .. but to date, Urban Rumor is all it has been ..

> the Congress says there is no intent now or in the future to tax us for

> e-mail correspondence.

[Dave:] I've been reading regularly about plans to both tax and restrict the

internet. In some ways I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet. It's such a

level playing field worldwide, it's just antithetical to modern governance.

But then, I think making soap is a subversive activity. It's in harmony

with nature, done for the good of others, and not done for wealth. What

could be more be more subversive than that?

> If it appears that I might be sorta negative toward the EU, its probably

> because its true. The original intent was great .. but I (like many

> Europeans) think they have now created a monster and are having a

> tough time controlling it .. or even feeding it.

[Dave:] The only explanation I can think of for our own government's refusal

to control our borders is, there's a plan afoot to create a North American

Union to correspond to Europe. Personally I think it's a dumb idea. But

inevitably, we are moving toward a world community. It started with the

tribe, then the village, then the kingdom, then the empire. It's the

logical outcome, and it could be good or it could be awful. They'll exhaust

the awful possibilities first, and if anyone's left alive after that, they

will have nothing left but the good. World peace is inevitable, folks, even

if it's the peace of a dead planet.

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