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California Bill Seeks To Tax Downloads

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California Assemblyman Charles Calderon (D-City of Industry) wants to impose a sales tax on music and movies downloaded from the Internet in order to ease the states budget shortfall.

Calderon's proposal would raise the cost of an

His proposal is being criticized by Republicans who are against any tax increases to solve the states $8 billion shortfall. "One of the growing parts of our economy, tech online and Internet, is something we should encourage without having these types of taxes," Assemblyman Guy Houston, R-Livermore told the Mercury

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