&gt; Which is not a premise we should automatically accept without question or criticism.<p>Yes, but it&#x27;s a different question. If it makes sense to reduce the tax revenue you can generally lower taxes for all products. I&#x27;m concerned with the distribution of where taxes need to be put, not the amount.<p>&gt; This didn&#x27;t reduce taxes on the Internet; it makes a statement that new taxes will not be added to the Internet.<p>I&#x27;m not sure how it works in the US, but in the EU services (including internet access) are generally taxed with a VAT, just like every other product (excluding those with exceptions).<p>&gt; Also worth noting that the economy is not a static set of transactions where taxes can be raised and lowered in proportion to keep tax revenue static.<p>There certainly are large fluctuations, but in the long term states try to balance expenditures and (tax-)income. When the scope of what the state does grows usually new taxes get introduced or taxes get raised.<p>&gt; And that shouldn&#x27;t automatically result in an effort to start taxing the new thing.<p>I say exactly the opposite: you can use taxing to make people buy more of something (some new tech you want to push) or less (e.g. cigarettes).