Free Republic

I am proud of the legislation I have co-sponsored and voted for to help families keep more of the money they earn. One of the bills that lessened the burden of taxation on American families, which I was excited to co-sponsor this year, repealed the excise tax on telephones and other communications services (H.R. 1898). For over 108 years, the federal government has turned just about every phone call into a bad prank. You may or may not have noticed an item on your bill known as the federal excise tax (FET) or “telephone tax.” The telephone tax has been...