| While I consider AT&T management to be evil incarnate, they have a point here. Corporations are tax collectors, not taxpayers. Reminding the taxpayers of this and thus preventing our elected representatives from shirking responsibility for the taxes they pass is usually a good thing.
Those $billions that Congress raised from cell phone spectrum auctions? It's one reason why your cell phone bill is so bleepin' high. It's a BIG hidden tax.
I do have to wonder whether AT&T is counting on people dropping their landlines in response to this fee. They're probably sick of dealing with the business and figure, perhaps incorrectly, that many of those landline customers will increase their use of AT&T cell phones. |
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| not quite.
They collect sales taxes and remit to the government.
They also pay tax on profits that the generate |
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| reply to brianstretch
My solution to this:
Make AT&T close shop.
Simple. Make harsh penalties, they will be sure not to pull this crap in the future.
If we start actually raising the bar, I think we would find people rising to the task. But, if we continually accept this crap as "well, thats how it is these days" WHAT incentive is there for anyone to play nice?
Shame on AS&S and any one who thinks this is acceptable behavior. |
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