Beware Unintended Consequences of Ban

• By Sen. Lamar Alexander
• Special to Roll Call
• Oct. 22, 2007, Midnight

On Oct. 16, the House voted 405-2 to extend the current Internet tax moratorium — which expires on Nov. 1 — for another four years. The Senate should do the same, rather than enact a permanent moratorium, because permanent action is likely to invoke a far higher law: the law of unintended consequences.