Where did you find this info? The only thing I was
able to find at thomas.loc.gov was a short summary.
"Title: To establish a grant and fee program through
the Environmental Protection Agency to encourage and
promote the recycling of used computers and to promote
the development of a national infrastructure for the
recycling of used computers, and for other purposes."
Bryan
--- Smitty <a.smitty@verizon.net> wrote:
> I posting this here because it is of concern to all
> computer users.
> There is a bill in the house, H.R. 5158, which if
> voted into law, would
> impose a federal tax on every new computer
> purchased. It is using the
> "environmental" angle as an attempt to make it
> acceptable. It is claimed
> that computers contain toxic substances so the tax
> is to pay for recycling
> the toxic components.
> However, looking at the whole context of this
> legislation, one sees the
> following:
> The federal government wants to directly tax a
> consumer item that may or may
> not be going in interstate commerce.
>
> The tax could be raised at any time by an act of
> Congress.
>
> The tax could be exempted on "politically correct"
> computers, that is, those
> that have "digital rights management" chips in them
> or backdoor chips that
> allow law enforcement agencies to pry into the
> contents of your harddrive.
>
> There could be criminal penalties for those who
> build their own boxes and
> "evade" paying the tax. Five years in prison for
> "tax evasion" anyone?
>
> Even if the initial legislation did not include the
> above scenario, it could
> be added at a later date. "We have to close the
> loophole." "Everybody has
> to pay their fair share." etc.
>
> I suggest you email, call, or write your congressmen
> and ask them to oppose
> this bill.
>
> Smitty
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