On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Steve Totaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Senator Dodd (D-CT) appears to have a rider attached to a bill that >> forces reporting of all transactions to the government. Ebay, google, >> mastercard, visa, etc. It can be quite scary the amounts of information >> that the government would get. Everything the poindexter system wanted. >> >> The telecom tie in is that your transactions may fall victim to this >> law, and you would have to report all of them to the government, who >> buys minutes etc, probably not who they called though, but you may have >> to report the deduction of credits on a prepaid. You may want to get >> your legal people to look at this and see if it would affect you in any >> way if it passes. >> >> I havent yet had time to read it to see if it would actually require >> telecom reporting, but it appears to on its surface. Some have claimed >> that this this is the groundwork for a internet based tax, although I >> see far worse things than a mere tax if it passes. >> >> relevant URLs >> >> http://dodd.senate.gov >> http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/93xx/doc9366/Senate_Housing.pdf CBO report >> on its costs >> http://banking.senate.gov/public/_files/GSEBill.pdf committee report >> http://rpc.senate.gov/public/_files/L62HR3221Houseamendments0618SN.pdf >> and yet even more >> >> The article that I got the tip from which gives a summary is at >> http://freedomworks.org/newsroom/press_template.php?press_id=2571 >> which gives their summary of what the changes would be and information >> about where its hidden (its a rider not the main point of the bill). >> >> >> >> -- >> Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel >> Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200 >> http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you! >> > > Wow, just get rid of paper money and put RFIDs (with GPS) in us > already, then they can charge us for speeding and deduct it from our > account.... > > So much less paperwork. > > It is getting very close to plan B. Move to another country > > Thanks, > Steve T >
"Hackers" will save the day and protect our freedoms and privacy! http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-news/?p=2107&tag=nl.e019 Thanks, Steve T _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
