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Believe it or not, for once the US government did something damaging, which it promised would be a temporary thing, and it actually has made good on the promise.

The tax on phone lines imposed to pay for the Spanish-American War in 1898 is being lifted. Apparently the Spanish-American War is now all paid up.

Of course, this is only after being ordered to do so by the courts, and the IRS losing five separate appeals on the matter (why is the IRS so hellbent on keeping the Spanish-American War going???) but it even includes, I am crapping you negative, a $15 billion refund on phone taxes paid in between the original court order and the final appeal lost. (Wouldn't it be nice if you were immune to cease & desist orders the way the government is, and could just keep on doing something you wanted to do even if under a court order not to do it, utterly without consquence?)

Of course, the refund will come from inflation, debt and further taxation, so they'd be just as well writing it off, but still ... sure is nice on those rare occasions when humans win against statists.


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Nowthat most certainly is a treasure trove of good news Phad. Nice find.

Refunds will not include tax paid on local telephone service, which was not involved in the litigation.
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This is why I have no problems giving false reports on my income tax returns. I still feel they owe me even after that.
 

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leap, that's one hell of an attitude. If you don't support the government the Spaniards win.


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Them Spaniards better get to the back of a long line of boogey men. Right now we have Islamofacists lurking under every bed in the U.S.
They will just have to wait their turn.
 

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I'll predict right now that people will be starving and dieing in the streets because the government won't be able to provide them with basic services that this revenue used to provide.
 

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