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After intense gubernatorial lobbying last October, Congress approved legislation that contains a three-year moratorium or "time out" on new Internet taxes and calls for the establishment of a commission to study taxation of transactions using the Internet. The commission has 18 months from the date of enactment of the...
Yet the governors' original optimism at the establishment of the commission has waned. Initially six instead of eight state and local representatives have been named, but ten instead of eight business representatives were. There are no representatives of consumer groups. Governors pushed Congress to make changes and one business representative...
Moreover, the First Amendment establishment clause was very clearly intended to keep politics out of religion--not the other way around. Government can't interfere with religious organizations, but religious organizations (and religious people) certainly can get involved in government.
Congress established the National Medal of Science in 1959. A 12-member presidential committee chooses the recipients. Since its establishment, the award has been given to 362 notable American scientists and engineers.
In 1993, Morita was asked by Gaishi Hiraiwa, then chairman of Keidanren, to be his successor. Keidanren is the most prestigious business association in Japan, and all CEOs in Japan would like to hold an important position in the organization. Until this time, Morita had never really been accepted by...