Remember the Maine!

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  • veritas
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2005
    • 3290

    #1

    Remember the Maine!

    According to story on Reuters the telephone tax first imposed in 1898 to pay for the Spanish American War should be terminated according to the Treasury dept.

  • Black Bart
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2005
    • 3357

    #2
    Government taxes are like government jobs - they're

    hard to kill. I once read of a job created by the British government in 1801 that stationed a man on the cliffs of Dover to watch out for an invasion by Napoleon. They did away with the position in 1964.

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    • veritas
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2005
      • 3290

      #3
      Does that mean Napoleon is not coming?

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      • Black Bart
        Senior Member
        • Jun 2005
        • 3357

        #4
        lisay olatvay roprispay

        Originally posted by veritas
        Does that mean Napoleon is not coming?
        Yes, we have no bananas..or..yes, he is not coming.

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