Verizon Cable Tax Controversy Continues

PoliticsNJ reports on the Cable Competition Crisis in New Jersey.

Two Republican assemblymen spoke out against the Democratic sponsored tax that targets competition in the cable industry.

The two lawmakers, Guy Gregg and Richard Merkt, described the cable competitiveness bill that passed the assembly 61-13 as another opportunity for hidden taxes.

However, most of New Jersey has welcomed the small increase as a way to break the growing possibility of a Verizon cable monopoly. The bill also stipulated that cable companies such as Verizon would be required to provide service to all towns with a certain population density, thus ending the practice of ignoring poor urban areas.