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    FCC Panel Suggests Taxing Business Internet Usage to Pay for Rural Broadband

    AT&T and other industry leaders have suggested that the best way to pay for the rural broadband infrastructure rollout is to tax businesses that use the internet. This state tax was suggested by the FCC's Broadband Depolyment Advisory Committee (BDAC). "BDAC members include AT&T, Comcast, Google...
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    Homelessness Tax Would Target Rich Tech Sector in San Francisco

    400 of the richest companies in San Francisco are facing a citizen led effort to raise taxes on their prosperity to pay for services for the homeless. In San Francisco, an income of $117,000 for a family of four is considered poverty. Naturally many San Franciscans do not meet this level of...
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    Amazon Data Center Electrical Bills Are Secretly Funded by Taxpayers

    Amazon is negotiating secretive deals with state regulators to fund the building of new electrical grids that power the Amazon Web Services data centers and the rates that they pay. The agreed upon prices are considered "trade secrets" by the company, so even though state regulators are...
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