http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/04/18/46/ What is seen and what is unseen. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:23:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/04/18/46/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Aaron Ayme Wed, 26 Apr 2006 22:06:51 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2006/04/18/46/#comment-369 My initial impression of this article was that it was a hoax. The first question that comes to mind, even though it is somewhat irrelevant, is exactly how much federal excise tax does the average American pay annually for phone service. Secondly, this sounds like something we might want to write our Congressmen about. Finally, with the price of gas, war, homeland security, hurricane recovery efforts, etc., our present administration would probably be extremely hesitant to cut any federal revenue, despite its absurdity. President Clinton, in my opinion, did not face near the challenges weighing on President Bush. Consequently, regardless of even massive vocal/written objection to this ridiculous taxation, I’m not getting my hopes up for any refund check any time soon. My initial impression of this article was that it was a hoax. The first question that comes to mind, even though it is somewhat irrelevant, is exactly how much federal excise tax does the average American pay annually for phone service. Secondly, this sounds like something we might want to write our Congressmen about. Finally, with the price of gas, war, homeland security, hurricane recovery efforts, etc., our present administration would probably be extremely hesitant to cut any federal revenue, despite its absurdity. President Clinton, in my opinion, did not face near the challenges weighing on President Bush. Consequently, regardless of even massive vocal/written objection to this ridiculous taxation, I’m not getting my hopes up for any refund check any time soon.

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