[KfromMich]

I've read that part of the telephone taxes we pay was to finance some small war that was over a long time ago. We're still paying the tax!

If I rember correctly, the telephone tax was to pay for the Spanish American War, and Congress finally did repeal that one a couple years ago: about a century after the war the tax was supposed to pay for was over. So if we go by that example, we could very well be paying the proposed increased gas tax in the 22nd century.

[KarlInOhio]

If I rember correctly, the telephone tax was to pay for the Spanish American War, and Congress finally did repeal that one a couple years ago: about a century after the war the tax was supposed to pay for was over.

I think they just modified it from some confusing mess to a flat 3%. Every time you make a phone call, make sure to "Remember the Maine!"

[upchuck]

If I rember correctly, the telephone tax was to pay for the Spanish American War, and Congress finally did repeal that one a couple years ago: about a century after the war the tax was supposed to pay for was over. So if we go by that example, we could very well be paying the proposed increased gas tax in the 22nd century.

Thanks for the history lesson. And you make a very valid point. Thank goodness I'll be gone long before then :)