Tax Texting

California considers text tax. CBS News:

...texting may soon come with an extra fee on their mobile phone bills. State regulators are weighing a tax on text messaging to help fund a program that makes phone service available to low-income residents.
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A texting surcharge could help sustain the Public Purpose Program budget, which has risen to $998 million in 2017 from $670 million in 2011, according to a report from the California Public Utilities Commission. Revenue from the telecom industry that funds the program has declined to $11.3 billion last year from $16.5 billion in 2011, the CPUC report stated.
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The California Chamber of Commerce and other trade organizations estimate the proposed fee could cost wireless customers $44.5 million a year, according to the Mercury News in San Jose, Calif.

Yes, PLEASE GOD YES, PASS THIS TEXT TAX. I'm all for it. It has my FULL SUPPORT.

A comment that this tax could be regressive to five years.USA MacPaper:

    People need to realize that the proposed California texting tax could go back and tax you on text messages sent the past 5 years.

    Imagine getting a tax bill for all text messages you've sent since 2013.
    — 🇺🇸🍻 Mark 🍻🇺🇸 (@BartenderMB) December 12, 2018

May I suggest it go back TEN YEARS and whatever the amount being considered for the tax - PLEASE TRIPLE IT !

I SUPPORT THE BIKE TAX, THE FAT TAX, THE SUGAR TAX, THE BIG-GULP SODA TAX, THE CALORIE TAX, THE TEXT TAX, THE WALKING TAX, THE BREATHING TAX, THE BLINKING TAX AND THE TAX TAX.

The text tax is Liberalism coming back to bite Liberalism in the ass. I love it when that happens.

Let the Millennials and Gen Z's get accustomed to the pain of over-taxation. Besides, it's for the Public Good, and how can anyone be against the общественная польза?