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...state taxes. Last week, saying it wished to promote Internet use, the House passed a bill that would prevent most states from taxing online-access fees for three years. It would also prohibit discriminatory taxing of online commerce. Those who would log on in the states that now collect Internet-access taxes (CT, IA, ND, NM, OH, SD, TN, WI)--and are allowed to continue to collect them--are forewarned...
...Since then, courts have thrown out school-financing systems in 13 other states. Some, like New Jersey, remain perpetually mired, unable to arrive at a new formula, but most have begun emphasizing the notion of "adequacy," making sure each student receives a minimum spending level but allowing towns to collect extra funds for their own use. Vermont's supreme court, however, standing on the landmark 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education decision, ruled that the state had to go another step toward equity by creating a statewide property tax (Kansas is the only other state to have...
...also insist that websites wise up. John Featherman, who publishes the monthly Privacy Newsletter, observes, "Really good home pages have privacy policies. It's as simple as that." Responsible sites disclose to users that they collect personal information and explain what they do with it. That's a far better solution than anything that will come from Congress. It's also better than being encouraged...
This is not a new problem, and it is mostly Moscow's fault. Yeltsin and his several governments have never learned how to collect the billions in taxes that corporations and individuals dodge. Other billions are not collected because of sweetheart deals Yeltsin made with Russian oligarchs when he needed their political support...
...jewels students collect asundergraduates--be they top grades or leadershippositions--will not just adorn their resumes. Manystudents who succeed in the recruiting processlater compete for other prized offers, this timefrom top business schools...