Your Right to the Internet Depends on Who You Are: Dems Free Internet for the Poor, Tax Everyone Else on the Net

It wasn't that long ago that some Democrats made the case the Internet is a right. Then they began writing bills to federally subsidize the Internet for the poor. Today we find out, the Internet is only a right if the Democrats want votes from their typical constituents--government dependents.

The days of taxing the Internet are coming. One Democrat wants to place new taxes on the Internet.

A Democratic senator is preparing to introduce legislation that aims to end the golden era of tax-free Internet shopping.
The proposal--expected to be made public soon after Tax Day--would rewrite the ground rules for Internet and mail order sales by eliminating the ability of Americans to shop at Web sites like Amazon.com and Overstock.com without paying state sales taxes.

Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second most senior Senate Democrat, will introduce the bill after the Easter recess, a Democratic aide told CNET.

"Why should out-of-state companies that sell their products online have an unfair advantage over Main Street bricks-and-mortar businesses?" Durbin said in a speech in Collinsville, Ill., in February. "Out-of-state companies that aren't paying their fair share of taxes are sticking Illinois residents and businesses with the tab."

Oh Dick, you are so easy to see through. Everyone knows the state of Illinois is in a budget crisis and heavily in debt. This has nothing to do with the Main Street businesses (especially Chicago businesses) that are often taxed out of business or forced to leave the state in states like Illinois. This is about raising revenue in Illinois period, a state so cash strapped, that Durbin pretends to be pro-business in hopes of getting away with it.