The taxes you pay for “universal access” for telecommunications are just a cash cow for cell phone companies and evidently becoming corporate welfare of the worst kind.
These companies have slurped up the “gravy” long enough. If we’re going to keep having to pay this tax at all, let’s use it to do what rural areas desperately need - broadband access.
Unfortunately bribes to lawmakers in the form of campaign contributions keep the system alive.
From Breitbart.com
The Universal Service Fund has collected $44 billion over its 10-year lifetime from a surcharge on the phone bills of nearly every American.
Wireless providers discovered that the subsidy—based on what the wired companies were getting per customer—would cover their costs and then some.
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