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May 16, 2005 6:05 AM PDT
Cities with budget woes hit up cell phone users
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Faced with tight budgets and insufficient tax revenues, many municipalities are stocking their coffers by taxing cell phone service.
The New York Times
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Join the conversation! Add your comment- I'm confused
- I can understand cities and states applying taxes to services that they help to provide, but what kind of infrastructure have cities and state built to provide wireless telecommunications services to its citizens? In other words, what costs are these municipalities attempting to recoup?
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