'Text tax' sparks first cyber-protest in Philippines

From the “interesting collision of tech with politics” story line, Yahoo/AFP reports on how Filipinos are protesting government plans to tax texting.

Interested in learning more? Check out TxtPower’s site.

What amazes me most about all of this is that the President of the Philippines has included the proposed texting tax as part of eight tax measures “designed to help narrow the deficit”.

I had to read that twice, then pick up my jaw off the table.

Wow, texting in volumes that could narrow the deficit?!? We need more text mad mobile users in the US so we can narrow ours, too. 🙂