How many of you buy stuff online?

If  you're like me, you probably purchase a lot of stuff from various online stores like e-bay, New Egg, Tiger Direct, just to name a few of the leading Internet products suppliers out there. Well...it has been brought to our attention that the government intends to enact an Internet tax, so that any products bought or sold online will now have a sales tax...but...this concept goes against the whole principle of the Internet.

When the Internet was first created...(yes...I can remember back that far) it was intended to be free. A place where people could freely share ideas and knowledge without government interference. And what has slowly been happening to it, is the very same thing that has happened to television...it has become controlled by the very entity in which it was intended to exclude!

If you are anything like me, and probably countless other folks who rely on the Internet to not only provide a reliable income, but for information, and knowledge...this should outrage you. Even if you do not use the Internet to make an income of any kind...if you are known to purchase anything, even something as small as an app purchase...you may have already noticed when it comes time to look at your bill...they now TAX this stuff! A $1.99 purchase ends up being a $2.13 purchase instead (after TAXES!). they have not even passed the law in to effect yet, and the companies are already charging the taxes (my guess is in preparation for when it IS passed in to law) but really.....isn't this kind of jumping the gun a little guys?

Sure...you can justify this by saying something like..."it's only a few cents extra...what difference does it make?" The truth is it makes a world of difference when (like me...and probably a lot of other folks) you buy a lot of products from the Internet. A couple cents here...couple cents there...this was NOT supposed to happen folks. HECK!...they weren't even supposed to charge for Internet service...but now you see...that is a multi-billion dollar market now! Blue Light was one of the major free internet service providers back then, even AOL had a free service package. But....not any more.

I remember when you could simply pick up any number of free Internet service providers CD packages at Walmart or any other leading department store...slip it in your computer, install...and presto! You get the above image on your computer screen...Instant access to the Internet...no payment plans, no contracts...no bills, just simple free Internet. But now...that isn't even a possibility.

This blog is a project I have decided to set up to help fund a cause...to keep the Internet FREE! (Well...as free as it can be in this day and age anyway) don't get me wrong...I am not so delusional that I think I would be able to get the major Internet service providers to bow out now that they are already making millions...but...I CAN try to stop legislatures from being able to pass laws that allow them to dig even further into our wallets...so...if you agree with me...if you agree that we need to prevent government from being able to control the Internet like this... and subsequently be able to take even MORE money out of our paychecks every week, then please help by donating to the cause. Even small donations will make a huge difference in our ability to help stop the greedy politicians from trying to tax us to death. Let's face it...the LAST thing this economy needs is yet another tax in this already taxed to death world.