In case you at ICANN have not noticed, the middle class is struggling in the U.S. while the cash continues flowing to the few. This situation is particularly dire on our young people who are facing the mentality of ever increasing costs on virtually every commodity, including massive school loans. Furthermore, to save the planet that we are actively destroying, we need ideas from all perspectives, not just from those that benefit every time that more resources are extracted. The Internet is the greatest seat at the table that we can keep open for those enterprising enough to have impactful and constructive ideas. Your job is to regulate the domains, not to find excuses to tax them in the name of regulation. This may help your bottom line, power and prestige in the short run but it will also handicap the flow of ideas, which is far more valuable than any service your executives can construct to justify higher rates. Please do not start down the road of allowing greed to overrule reason. *DO NOT go forward with this amendment. You DO NOT have my support for this change. I am strongly opposed to it.* Alan Rosenbloom