Cross posted @ http://www.standingbeforethefire.com
Tomorrow congress is holding a hearing on the Time-Warner written legislation that redistributed postal taxes away from magazines with large circulations to independent magazines with smaller circulations. This has the effect of stifling the free market and silencing magazines that are not owned by large corporations, since the large tax hike will put many independent magazines out of business. These independent magazines have traditionally not only been important watchdogs on government actions, but also on large corporations, such as Time-Warner. Its no wonder why wanted this legislation passed. Just to emphasize how ridiculous this rule is, it’s the equivalent of having people pay a smaller % of their wages to the government the more money they make.
Please sign this petition. Call your congressman and Senators. Enough political pressure can get a new bill passed. Just don’t expect to hear Wolf Blitzer talking about it on "The situation Room."