| unfees... The telecommunications excise tax is NOT new. Quite the opposite really, it's over 100 years old. 1898 it was enacted and Mr. Clinton failed to sign the legislation that would have removed it. |
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hrobinsPremium
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Regina, SK | The excise tax was put in place to pay for the Mexican/American war. Most telcos don't want to get rid of it because its money in their pocket. |
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Well, new to Lingo users... |
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rbb
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Fairfax Station, VA | reply to hrobins
said by hrobins:The excise tax was put in place to pay for the Mexican/American war. Most telcos don't want to get rid of it because its money in their pocket. Actually, the Spanish American War:o... |
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said by rollinraver:The telecommunications excise tax is NOT new. Quite the opposite really, it's over 100 years old. 1898 it was enacted and Mr. Clinton failed to sign the legislation that would have removed it. Don't blame Clinton, Bush #1, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Kennedy, and others didn't do anything either. And it's highly likely that GWB won't either if he even knows about it. |
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said by hrobins:The excise tax was put in place to pay for the Mexican/American war. Most telcos don't want to get rid of it because its money in their pocket. The telcos don't get money from that tax. Uncle SAM does. So telcos would be glad to see it go away. |
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