Jeremiah Becker
66:18 - 66:37
"you're only taxing the local exchange. You're basically taxing people to shop local, just to be clear. It is a local shopping tax, essentially, on communications."
“you're only taxing the local exchange. You're basically taxing people to shop local, just to be clear. It is a local shopping tax, essentially, on communications.”
- Speaker
- Jeremiah Becker
- Timestamp
- 66:18 – 66:37
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 21, 2026
From the transcript
We did not filter out lines outside, like at the end of Hardy Bay and places like that, but it's a fairly close number. Um, second thing we want to point out is that, uh, you're only taxing the local exchange. You're basically taxing people to shop local, just to be clear. It is a local shopping tax, essentially, on communications. Um, and then the impact could be different to different groups.
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