ditto: cell phone $29.95 with tax $37.93
home phone $49.95 with tax $72.00
our cable tv bill is the same
we let them get away with it
As soon as we are willing to take our rifles and line up on Lexington green again
The American Revolutionaries wasted alot of really good tea! I suspect had they kept it we wouldn't have been stuck with Lipton for so long.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say never.
Telemarketers made me hate the phone so much, I will not use it anymore, so for me, it's a non-issue.
Email is asynchronous, and not intrusive, and I do not have to drop everything when email arrives...An hour or two for an answer is fine. Spam filters and blocking continue to improve, and I rarely get any anymore.
But "Do not call " lists have too many exemptions for "Charities*" and in effect, do not work as well as spam filters now.
* The opportunity to buy a Learjet for some professional fund-raising CEO. We give locally only.
Click here for my VoIP company....
http://www.b2bcnet.com/
After 25+ years in telecom (background Electrical Engineer) I started this business last year.......
VoIP is currently not subject to the state & federal taxes (3% excise tax excluded) that the standard local and LD carriers must charge.
Unfortunately, we do not sell direct but only Affinity groups....
Hmmmmm...maybe I should talk to Jim Robinson....
NeverGore :^)
My only phone at home is a pre-paid minutes cell - less than $8.00 a month. No cable. :)
Does that include your 900 number calls? :)
www.vonage.com I love it! If I refer ya I get and you get a free month.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
Capital Gains Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Court Fines
(indirect taxes)
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax
(FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel permit tax
Gasoline Tax
(42 cents per gallon)
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax Interest expense
(tax on the money)
Inventory tax IRS Interest Charges
(tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties
(tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Local Income Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
! Septic Permit Tax
Service Charge Taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Taxes
(Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Road Toll Booth Taxes
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax
(SUTA)
Telephone federal excise tax
Telephone federal universal service fee tax
Telephone federal, state and
local surcharge taxes
Telephone minimum usage surcharge tax
Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax
Telephone state and local tax
Telephone usage charge tax
Toll Bridge Taxes
Toll Tunnel Taxes
Traffic Fines
(indirect taxation)
Trailer registration tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
COMMENTS:
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our nation was the most prosperous in the world, had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What the heck
happened ??