[rabscuttle385]

“That was so long ago, my great-grandfather fought in that war. That just shows you can’t trust the government when they tell you a tax is temporary,” she said. “How can something be ‘temporary’ for over 100 years?”

ping!

[edcoil]

They tried this with republican congress and it never happened it won’t with the batch.

[MEGoody]

Um, wasn’t this already repealed? I know the tax on my phone bill went down a few years ago, and I seem to recall it was because that tax was repealed.

[Vaquero]

BULLY!!!

[MarineBrat]

My mother used to rail on them when the subject of the Pennsylvania Turnpike comes up. It was only going to be a toll road for a little while until it’s paid for. / hurl

[Drango]

What’s wRONg PAUL’s view on shrimp welfare?

[rabscuttle385]

Too late. The Paul bashing has begun. /sigh

[Young Werther]

I believe that special attention should be addressed to the Internet Tax which was illeaglly imposed.

Waterboarding Gore is a possible result!

[John D]

I am sure cut and run will put enough earmarks in with the repeal that even if passed it will have no net effect.

[Constitution Day]

This is one (1) thing I can agree with Rep. Paul on.

[Salvation]

A lot of people don’t realize that this excise tax can be decuted from your income tax.

[BillyBoy]

Ummmm... seems to me the Spanish-American War "telephone tax" was repealed in July 2006. In fact I remember President Bush talking about it and a thread about it on FR. I looked it up and confirmed this. Seems Ron is a little late on this one... Feds Surrender, Kill 108-Year-Old Telephone Tax

[dcwusmc]

bump

[Larry Lucido]

Wow, Ron Paul is a genius and the only true Constitutionalist! Let the herald angels sing!

Oh, wait, let’s see here:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-47

Hmmm. Sen. Ensign introduced the bill. As of 4-18-09 it had nine sponsors. Ron Paul wasn’t one. He is now, so of course let’s blare the trumpets.

Yes, he is right, as he often is. But . . . he didn’t introduce it. And wasn’t even in the top ten. Is the “only true Constitutionalist” a leader or a follower?

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S. 47:
111th CongressThis is a bill in the U.S. Congress originating in the Senate (”S.”). A bill must be passed by both the Senate and House and then be signed by the President before it becomes law.

2009-2010 Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2009

Primary Source
See S. 47 on THOMAS for the official source of information on this bill or resolution.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services.

Overview
Sponsor: Sen. John Ensign [R-NV]hide cosponsors
Cosponsors [as of 2009-04-18]
Sen. Jim DeMint [R-SC]
Sen. Michael Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]
Sen. John Thune [R-SD]
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R-OK]
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]
Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. John Isakson [R-GA]
Cosponsorship information sometimes is out of date. Why?

[bamahead]

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