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**NTU Praises Settlement Between New Mexico & Microsoft**

On the heels of New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid's announcement of her state's settlement in the Microsoft antitrust case, the
335,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU) today urged other states' legal officials to follow her ³promising and praiseworthy lead" in ending
the "economically destructive pursuit of high-tech innovation."

"In April of 2000, a few 'hard-liners' among the 19 state Attorneys General involved in the Microsoft suit stood in the way of a reasonable settlement
of the case and helped to cause calamity for taxpayers and shareholders alike," said NTU President John Berthoud. "New Mexico's sensible action has given the remaining 18 state officials a second chance to save face as well as avoid further economic harm."

For the complete statement, visit http://www.ntu.org/pp134pr.html

**NTU Starts New Series of Policy Papers on Internet Taxation**

NTU has teamed up with one of the nation's leading experts on Internet public policy issues to study the matter more closely.  Stan Sokul, a member of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, established by the U.S. Congress to study and report on Internet Tax Issues, is writing a series of Issue Briefs on Internet taxation for NTU.

The first installment in this series is now available at
http://www.ntu.org/issues/taxes/tech/ntuib120.html

**Taxpayers Conference '01**

Hey, you're only two years away from Taxpayers Conference '03!  If you weren't able to make it to St. Louis, we have pored over all the picture and video clips so you can see what happened.  If you were there, why not take a trip down memory lane?  Start with our invited speakers...
http://www.ntu.org/01conf/P0106Conference01

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