An untrammeled Internet has international implications as well, raising the standard of living in the Third World and spreading crucial knowledge of the best health practices and practical home economy. Children in the developed Western countries learn directly about other cultures from those living in those cultures. Inner city school children are exposed to fine arts from around the world. Children learn about communism from victims of communism and about the Panama Canal from people living on the banks of Gatun Lake. After the three-year moratorium on Internet taxation ends, the politicians begin to milk the cash cow they have been eyeing so greedily.
Big spenders rush new taxes for the Internet into law.
This increase is enough that middle to lower-income households on fixed incomes, such as many senior citizens, can no longer afford basic Internet access. Small business owners are the next group affected, losing their commercial Internet connection because of the higher costs. They do less business, and must downsize to survive One year after the ISP tax has been introduced, many smaller, local ISPs are filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The decreased competition allows the fewer and larger ISPs to raise prices, but at the same time the decreased Internet use cuts into the tax revenues fueling government tax and spenders. They decide to raise the Net tax once more.