Think Tank Argues Against State, Local Taxes on Wireless

摘要

Rising state and local taxes on wireless “harm the ability of low-income communities to realize nthe full benefits of mobile broadband and create deeply troubling consequences for minorities nand the poor,” said the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The House was nexpected to vote for a five-year moratorium on new state and local taxes on wireless. The npoor “stand to gain the most” from wireless broadband, but taxes make access unaffordable, nthe center said.