The Liberals GOP Twin wrote: And you must have missed all the other comments ABOVE your comment. Outdoor338's article is full of lies and misrepresentations, and now you're playing the liberals game of deflection... moving far afield of the subject matter in hopes that we will forget the lies in the OP. Stop that... you're better than the socialist on this forum... (I think?)
When what is referenced to refute a lie is itself a lie I should think that worth noting. Is it a federal "tax" that is being spent? No, but it is a federally "suggested" fee that is levied by the companies and then handed over to be spent by a federal GSE. A "fee" that was instituted "voluntarily" by the communications industry at the behest of a federal executive department charged with overseeing their operations lest they should find themselves regulated "involuntarily" to do the same thing by the department which created and oversees the "private" company which disburses the funds. Extortion of money, by whatever means, is still money extorted. If one wishes to hide behind technicalities in claiming that it isn't a federal tax, then by all means they are free to do so, but it does not change the reality that it is a federal tax and the money for those phones is coming from taxpayers. The mafia also suggests, not requires, that you pay protection money to insure that nothing bad happens to your business in the dead of night. Not their fault is something bad does happen if you choose not to pay for their "insurance", right?
The Liberals GOP Twin wrote: And you must have missed all the other comments ABOVE your comment. Outdoor338's article is full of lies and misrepresentations, and now you're playing the liberals game of deflection... moving far afield of the subject matter in hopes that we will forget the lies in the OP. Stop that... you're better than the socialist on this forum... (I think?)
When what is referenced to refute a lie is itself a lie I should think that worth noting. Is it a federal "tax" that is being spent? No, but it is a federally "suggested" fee that is levied by the companies and then handed over to be spent by a federal GSE. A "fee" that was instituted "voluntarily" by the communications industry at the behest of a federal executive department charged with overseeing their operations lest they should find themselves regulated "involuntarily" to do the same thing by the department which created and oversees the "private" company which disburses the funds. Extortion of money, by whatever means, is still money extorted. If one wishes to hide behind technicalities in claiming that it isn't a federal tax, then by all means they are free to do so, but it does not change the reality that it is a federal tax and the money for those phones is coming from taxpayers. The mafia also suggests, not requires, that you pay protection money to insure that nothing bad happens to your business in the dead of night. Not their fault is something bad does happen if you choose not to pay for their "insurance", right?
Blab... blab... blab... blab... now that you got that out of your system... explain "Obama Gives Illegal Aliens Phones for Votes." That's what the topic was about. Your deflection looks stupid.
No, it is not a "federal tax"... But thanks for playing. The money doesn't come from taxpayers... It comes from telephone customers. No one is forcing you to be a customer of a phone company.
And the program was started over 10 years ago...Thanks for playing.
And Obama has nothing to do with it..... Thanks for playing.
They also add a "fee" to your bill for 911 service. They also add a fee for "teletype" functions for the hearing impaired. They also add a fee for a fund that helps insure that remote areas...(formerly like Conifer, Bailey, etc.) have service without being gouged for it by the phone companies...
I really don't give a rat's patoot if you want to twist yourself into knots trying to make it into some involuntary form of servitude. You can take your Sovereign Citizen crap and stuff it.
