On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 04:49:11PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > There is also FET (Federal Excise Tax). That's what all the xxx.xx 9/10 > comes from. It's a luxury tax (you didn't know that gasoline is a > luxury?). Just like the one passed in 1906 or thereabouts to pay for > the Mexican-American war. The luxury is long distance calls (for > britishers, that's trunk calls), the tax was an "emergency" one, and > was "only for the duration". > > NEVER believe a politician when he says that a tax is "temporary". > I believe that was just repealed. At least I got a credit for it on my taxes for long distance service since 2003 or something. Like "temporary" toll roads. You know, the ones where the toll will only be in place until the bonds issues to build the road are paid off? Of coures, by then, the road needs widening and improvements and the government is addicted to the revenue. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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