US cellphone taxes pay for Spanish-American War

[Rudey]

http://www.newsnet5.com/money/6180216/detail.html

The fee began as a luxury tax on phones at the turn of the 19th Century. And we're all still paying for it today.


Phone bills don’t specify that the tax originates from the Spanish-American War. It is labeled as the federal excise tax, which amounts to 3 percent of every monthly bill.

-Rudey