[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 seems to me the Spanish-American War "telephone tax" was repealed in July 2006.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]

See post 5. There appears to be a conflict here. I would guess, myself, that Dr. Paul is correct.