The Federal Universal Service Charge, Vote Buying To The Extreme

Washington Examiner ^ | September 27, 2012 | Charlie Spiering

[defeat_the_dem_igods]

The video of an Obama supporter bragging about having an “Obama phone” has gone viral on the web, but where do these “free cell phones” come from?

Check your cellphone bill for the line item listed as "Federal Universal Service Charge". I paid $1.87 last month in this unnecessary tax. Reply with your finding.

For more info, see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCqU8yarNpc&feature=player_embedded&list=PLBFB75A4E2BDC6DC7#!

[Travis McGee]

Keep working! Millions of parasites are depending on you.

[mo]

Somebody needs to give a thought as to what gets texted when to them ‘BammyFones”

[Nip]

My service is through AT&T and like the original poster I too pay $ 1.87 a month. That's a mandatory 3 % Federal Tax that I have to pay to support others.

This causes me to wonder how many more MANDIATORY Federal taxes i am paying to support others?

BTW everyone who pays for their cellular/wireless services have to pay this tax - it comes with your service, like or not, want it or not. That you the Federal Government.

[Swingj]

That’s why I got rid of my lad line....Too many taxes

[Swingj]

That’s why I got rid of my lad line....Too many taxes

[Chewbarkah]

Let’s not stir up the underclass with a reason to vote before the November election. But immediately thereafter, all conservatives need to deluge their “representatives” with demands that the Federal Universal Service Charge be terminated immediately. Not reduced, not redirected — it must be 100% ended, with no replacement funding for “ObamaPhones”, etc. This illegal redistributionist, vote-buying, off-the-books welfare program must go.

[upchuck]

As I have mentioned here before, I work one day a week as a volunteer triage interviewer for a local food/clothing bank.

I interviewed a woman recently that proudly told me she had an "Obama Phone." I "naively" asked her who paid for that. Her response, "Obama."

She went on to tell me that she also had an Obama phone for each of her three kids. When I pointed out to her that the regulations restrict the phones to one per household, she said, "That's their problem, not mine."

Starting tomorrow I will have a new sign on the back of my truck thanks to Travis McGee and his reply #2 above.

Oh, FWIW, the per month "Surcharges and Other Fees on my landline phone:

Federal Universal Service Fee       1.03
Federal Subscriber Line Charge      6.62
Local Universal Service Charge       .60
Intrastate Universal Service Charge  .19
Total                               8.44

[I want the USA back]

The video proves what Romney said about the 47%. He was right.

[MinuteGal]

If ANYONE doubts that women will vote for Obama based EXCLUSIVELY on the fear that they'll lose the most important thing in their lives, their cell phones, just remind yourself when in any supermarket where the women of all ages have their phones GLUED to their ears from the moment they enter till they have to check out.

(....then they're back on again immediately).

Leni

[Safrguns]

Are these charges on land line phone bills only? or also on wireless bills?

[tenger]

Of course, an oldie but goodie. How many of these do you pay?

1. Accounts Receivable Tax
2. Accumulated Earnings Tax
3. Accumulation Distribution of Trusts
4. Activity Fee (Dumping Permit Fee)
5. Air Tax (PA coin-operated vacuums)
6. Aircraft Jet Fuel Tax
7. Aircraft Excise Tax
8. Alcohol Fuels Tax
9. Alcoholic Beverage Tax
10. Alternative Minimum Tax - Amt
11. Ambulance Services (Air Ambulance Services, SD)
12. Ammunition Tax
13. Amusement Tax (MA, VA, MD)
14. Annual Custodial Fees (Ira Accounts)
15. Ballast Water Management Fee (Marine Invasive Species)
16. Biodiesel Fuel Tax
17. Blueberry Tax (Maine)
18. Bribe Taxes (Pay If You Dare)
19. Brothel licensing fees (NV - $35,000.00 per year per brothel)
20. Building Permit Tax
21. Capital Gains Tax
22. California Interstate User Diesel Fuel Tax
23. California Redemption Value (Can and Bottle Tax)
24. CDL License Tax
25. Charter Boat Captain License
26. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Fee
27. Cigarette Tax
28. Cigarette Tax Stamp (Acts) (Distributors)
29. Compressed Natural Gas Tax
30. Commercial Activity Tax (OH - for Service Providers)
31. Corporate Income Tax
32. Court Fines (Indirect Taxes)
33. Disposable Diapers Tax (Wisconsin)
34. Disposal Fee (Any Landfill Dumping)
35. Dog License Tax
36. Electronic Waste Recycling Fee (E-Waste)
37. Emergency Telephone User Surcharge
38. Environmental Fee (CA - HazMat Fees)
39. Estate Tax (Death Tax, to be reinstated)
40. Excise Taxes
41. Facility Fee (CA - HazMat Fees)
42. FDIC tax (insurance premium on bank deposits)
43. Federal Income Tax
44. Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
45. Fiduciary Income Tax (Estates and Trusts)
46. Fishing License Tax
47. Flush Tax (MD Tax For Producing Wastewater)
48. Food License Tax
49. Fountain Soda Drink Tax (Chicago - 9%)
50. Franchise Tax
51. Fresh Fruit (CA, if Purchased From A Vending Machine)
52. Fuel Permit Tax
53. Fur Clothing Tax (MN)
54. Garbage Tax
55. Gasoline Tax (44.75 Cents Per Gallon)
56. Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax
57. Generator Fee (Recycled Waste Fee)
58. Gift Tax
59. Gross Receipts Tax
60. Hamburger Tax
61. Hazardous Substances Fees: Generator, Facility, Disposal
62. Household Employment Taxes
63. Hunting License Tax
64. Illegal Drug Possession (No. Carolina)
65. Inheritance Tax
66. Insect Control Hazardous Materials License
67. Insurance Premium Tax
68. Intangible Tax (Leases Of Govt. Owned Real Property)
69. Integrated Waste Management Fee
70. Interstate User Diesel Fuel Tax
71. Inventory Tax
72. IRA Rollover Tax (a transfer of IRA money)
73. IRA Early Withdrawal Tax
74. IRS Interest Charges
75. IRS Penalties (Tax On Top Of Tax)
76. Jock Tax (income earned by athletes in some states)
77. Kerosene, Distillate, & Stove Oil Taxes
78. Kiddie Tax (Child's Earned Interest Form 8615)
79. Lead Poisoning Prevention Fee (Occupational)
80. Lease Severance Tax
81. Liquid Natural Gas Tax
82. Liquid Petroleum Gas Tax
83. Liquor Tax
84. Litigation Tax (TN Imposes Varies With the Offense)
85. LLC/PLLC Registration Tax
86. Local Income Tax
87. Lodging Taxes
88. Lump-Sum Distributions
89. Make-Up Tax (Ohio, applying in a salon is taxable)
90. Marriage License Tax
91. Meal Tax
92. Medicare Tax
93. Mello-Roos Taxes (Special Taxes and Assessments)
94. Minnow Dealers License (Retail - For One Shop)
95. Minnow Dealers License (Distributor - For One+ Shops)
96. Mobile Home Ad Valorem Taxes
97. Motor Fuel Tax (For Suppliers)
98. Music and Dramatic Performing Rights Tax
99. Nudity Tax (Utah)
100. Occupation Tax (Various Professional Fees)
101. Oil and Gas Assessment Tax
102. Oil Spill Response, Prevention, And Administration Fee
103. Pass-Through Withholding
104. Pay-Phone Calls Tax (Indiana)
105. Personal Property Tax
106. Personal Holding Company (undistributed earnings)
107. Pest Control License
108. Petroleum Business Tax
109. Playing Card Tax (Al)
110. Pole Tax (TX - A $5 Cover Charge On Strip Clubs)
111. Profit from Illegal Drug Dealing
112. Property Tax
113. Prostitution Tax (NV - Prostitute Work Permits)
114. Rain Water Tax (Runoff after a Storm)
115. Real Estate Tax
116. Recreational Vehicle Tax
117. Road Usage Tax
118. Room Tax (Hotel Rooms)
119. Sales Tax (State)
120. Sales Tax (City)
121. Sales And Use Tax (Sellers Permit)
122. Sales And Use Surcharge (electric)
123. School Tax
124. Service Charge Tax
125. Self Employment Tax
126. Sex Sales Tax (UT, when nude people perform services)
127. Sewer & Water Tax
128. Social Security Tax
129. Sparkler and Novelties Tax (WV Sellers of Sparklers, etc.)
130. Special Assessment Tax (Not Ad Valorem)
131. State Documentary Stamp Tax on Notes (FL RE Tax)
132. State Franchise Tax
133. State Income Tax
134. State/Local Consumption Tax
135. State Park Fees
136. State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
137. Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO) Fuel Tax
138. Stud Fees (Kentucky?s Thoroughbred Sex Tax)
139. Tangible Personal Property Tax
140. Tattoo Tax (AR Tax On Tattoos)
141. Telephone Federal Excise Tax
142. Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
143. Telephone Federal Surcharge Taxes
144. Telephone State Surcharge Taxes
145. Telephone Local Surcharge Taxes
146. Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
147. Telephone Recurring Charges Tax
148. Telephone Non-Recurring Charges Tax
149. Telephone State Usage Charge Tax
150. Telephone Local Usage Charge Tax
151. Tire Recycling Fee
152. Tobacco Tax (Cigar, Pipe, Consumer Tax)
153. Tobacco Tax (Cigar, Pipe, Dealer Tax)
154. Toll Road Tax
155. Toll Bridge Tax
156. Toll Tunnel Tax
157. Tourism or Concession License Fee
158. Traffic Fines (Indirect Taxation)
159. Transportable Treatment Unit Fee (Small Facility)
160. Trailer Registration Tax
161. Trout Stamp (Addendum To Fish License)
162. Use Taxes (On Out-Of-State Purchases)
163. Utility Taxes
164. Unemployment Tax
165. Underground Storage Tank Maintenance Fee
166. Underpayment of Estimated Tax (Form 2210)
167. Unreported Tip Income (Social Security and Medicare Tax)
168. Vehicle License
169. Registration Tax
170. Vehicle Sales Tax
171. Wagering Tax (Tax on Gambling Winnings)
172. Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) Fuel Tax
173. Water Rights Fee
174. Watercraft Registration Tax
175. Waterfowl Stamp Tax
176. Well Permit Tax
177. Workers Compensation Tax

[informavoracious]

I believe the Universal Service Fee used to subsidize "lifeline" service. One land line, 911 and local calls only. And I think the recipients had to pay about $10 a month. Not totally "free.". That's the way it should be done.

[hadaclueonce]

See, this is why I am not running for President. I would run that screaming woman and her “Obama Phone” every hour.

Willie Horton who?

RNC, No Balls, they do not want to win.