You’re Still Paying for the Spanish-American War - Motley Fool

Posted on: February 5th, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ]
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“I read a very surprising article in USA Today the other day. It seems that we American consumers of telephone services have been paying an excise tax on our phone bills for a heck of a long time. Apparently, this tax was imposed back in 1898 — get this — to help pay for the Spanish-American War. Well, that war ended before the 20th century even began, and we’re well into the 21st century now. Doesn’t it seem like something’s wrong here? Doesn’t it make you think about banding with friends and tossing your phones into Boston Harbor?…”

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