[bestbits] Re: [governance] Your key ICANN issues as a user

[Daniel Pimienta]

>  You've asserted that there should be a tax on the Internet 
> registry system to address Internet-related social issues; is this
>because that is the appropriate place to levy such taxes, or simply 
>because it is a matter
>of convenience to tax the single centralized not-for-profit entity 
>rather than the globally
>diverse for-profit entities located in hundreds of jurisdictions?

Maybe it is just that a global citizen,being netizen or not, can ask, 
with some genuine concern, why a body which is supposed to serve 
public interest in the area of Internet have to spent a little more 
that half a millon US$ in one year to 2 US based lobbying (*) 
consulting companies and if that money could not be used in a way 
more profitable to the general and global public interest.

This information can be read at page 25 of the 2013 Tax document 
which is publically acessed at the following 
link: 
<https://www.icann.org/en/about/financials/tax/us/fy-2013-form-990-en.pdf>Internal 
Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Form 990, the United States return for 
organizations exempt from income taxes under section 501(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code and the California State Tax Form 199
Citation: "THE ORGANIZATION UTILIZED THE SERVICES OF TWO GOVERNMENT 
AFFAIRS FIRMS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2013, FOR A COST OF  $520,252."

(*) I take the terminology "lobbying" from the section of the 
document: "Political Campaign and Lobbying Activities"  
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