The war is finally over - the Spanish/American war, that is

[Ivan Seeking]

Spanish-American War tax ends
Source: AP

WASHINGTON -- Treasury Department said it will no longer collect some telephone taxes on long-distance calls. And it's going to refund about $13 billion to consumers.[continued]

http://www.krqe.com/expanded.asp?ID=15327

In contrast and in spite of the 500 billion dollar war in Iraq, the Republicans just renewed tax breaks that heavily favor the rich.

 

[Astronuc]

I guess the Bush administration considers taxes unfair. They'll just borrow the money.

Kind of reminds me of a comment attributed to Leona Helmsley - "Only the little people pay taxes," which seems to be hearsay, but was admitted as evidence during her trial on tax evasion.

 

[russ_watters]

Only the rich make long distance phone calls??

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Only the rich make long distance phone calls??

? Are you referring to the orignal tax? When it was first proposed, yes, as a rule, only the rich made long distance phone calls; or had phones for that matter.

 

[Astronuc]

Tax dates back to 1898. And likely, only the wealthy could afford such technology, and perhaps electricity for that matter.