| Redo article! It should be called, "Politicians pretend to kill off Spanish American War Tax".
This week the federal excise tax, originally placed on then "luxury" landlines to help fund the Spanish American War in 1898, officially was saved this week. The failed elimination of the tax comes after a long debate - which at one point included the possibility of expanding the 3% tax to include broadband connections. The elimination of the tax from only bundled and long-distance services creates a fake sense of sanity that politicians and news sites will milk over the next five years. Of course consumers know better, because the tax is alive and well as it remains in place for local service. |
