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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hmmm.. If the relationship between taxes and regulation really needs to be spelled out<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics">Reaganomics</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Reagan gives a televised address from the Oval Office, outlining his plan for tax reductions in July 1981<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Reaganomics (play /reɪɡəˈnɒmɪks/; (a portmanteau of Reagan and economics attributed to Paul Harvey)[1] refers to the economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s. These policies are commonly associated with supply-side economics, often pejoratively referred to as trickle-down economics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The four pillars of Reagan's economic policy were to reduce the growth of government spending, <b>reduce the federal</b> income<b> tax</b> and capital gains <b>tax</b>, <b>reduce government regulation</b>, and control the money supply in order to reduce inflation.[2]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Suresh Ramasubramanian<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 03, 2012 3:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> Dominique Lacroix; governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Hmmmm... Google: "Internet Freedom!"... (from taxes?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Of course the tax dispute is not with the telecom regulators of those countries and would continue regardless of the outcome in the WCIT, so you will forgive me if I don't quite get the connection <br><br>--srs (htc one x)<br><br><br>----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Dominique Lacroix" <<a href="mailto:dl@panamo.eu">dl@panamo.eu</a>><br>To: <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>><br>Subject: [governance] Hmmmm... Google: "Internet Freedom!"... (from taxes?<br>Date: Mon, Dec 3, 2012 4:35 PM<br><br></span><br>Thanks Michael. Also Germany:<br><a href="http://www.linformaticien.com/actualites/id/27219/menace-d-une-taxe-en-allemagne-google-defend-la-liberte-de-surfer.aspx">http://www.linformaticien.com/actualites/id/27219/menace-d-une-taxe-en-allemagne-google-defend-la-liberte-de-surfer.aspx</a><br><br>It was a similar case with "Freedom of the seas", before international <br>regulation...<br><br>@+, Dominique<br><br>-- <br>Dominique Lacroix<br><a href="http://reseaux.blog.lemonde.fr">http://reseaux.blog.lemonde.fr</a><br><br>Société européenne de l'Internet<br><a href="http://www.ies-france.eu">http://www.ies-france.eu</a><br>+33 (0)6 63 24 39 14<br><br><br><br>Le 03/12/12 11:40, michael gurstein a écrit :<br>> <a href="http://delimiter.com.au/2012/11/23/australian-govt-pledges-action-on-google-">http://delimiter.com.au/2012/11/23/australian-govt-pledges-action-on-google-</a><br>> tax-avoidance/<br>><br>> <a href="http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/news/15431664/france-says-google-would-">http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/news/15431664/france-says-google-would-</a><br>> lose-court-case-over-taxes/<br>><br>> <a href="http://en.apa.az/news_google_italy_suspected_of_tax_evasion__183392.html">http://en.apa.az/news_google_italy_suspected_of_tax_evasion__183392.html</a><br>><br>> <a href="http://www.3news.co.nz/Starbucks-Google-Amazon-accused-of-UK-tax-evasion/tab">http://www.3news.co.nz/Starbucks-Google-Amazon-accused-of-UK-tax-evasion/tab</a><br>> id/369/articleID/276457/Default.aspx<br>><br>> <a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/11/23/0156212/australian-govt-pledges-acti">http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/11/23/0156212/australian-govt-pledges-acti</a><br>> on-on-google-tax-evasion<br>><br>> <a href="http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/the-ituwcit-thinking-about-internet">http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/the-ituwcit-thinking-about-internet</a><br>> -regulatory-policy-from-an-ldc-perspective/<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>