After 108 years, the unconstitutional and illegal phone tax will finally cease. After July 31, phone companies should no longer collect this tax (so check your bills in August). It only took the rulings of five appeals court to make the government quit this illegal practice. How is the government fined for this crime? After illegally collecting this money for 108 years, the government only has to refund the last three years worth of taxes. Must be nice to collect revenue that does not belong to you for 108 years and get to keep 105 years worth of it.

The average phone user will get about $20 back next year as the tax is 3% of your monthly phone bill. Since Lady Quixote likes to talk, I’ll get back a bit more than $20 – maybe enough to fill up my gas tank.

This should be a lesson to all of us on goverments and taxation. One – even if it is illegal, a government will tax you if it can get away with it. Thank you to Office Max and HP for finally suing to stop this practice. Two – those who believe in temporary taxes should take note. This tax was illegally passed in 1898 to fund our part in the Spanish-American War.

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