roundtable: Re: Curous wrinkle (EDUPAGE-CITS)

roundtable: Re: Curous wrinkle (EDUPAGE/CITS)

Re: Curous wrinkle (EDUPAGE/CITS)

Samuel A. Simon (ssimon@idi.net)
Tue, 9 May 1995 18:25:55 -0400 (EDT) 

Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 18:25:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Samuel A. Simon" <ssimon@idi.net>
Subject: Re: Curous wrinkle (EDUPAGE/CITS)
To: roundtable@cni.org
In-Reply-To: <9505081159.AA23790@a.cni.org>
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It may also mean the end of universal service funds and subsidies, that 
up to now have never been considered a "tax."


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On Tue, 9 May 1995, W. Curtiss Priest wrote:
> 
> SENATE TELECOM BILL
> The Congressional Budget Office has decided to count as "revenue" 
> (i.e., as a new tax) the money the Senate's proposed telecom bill would 
> take from telecommunications providers to subsidize affordable services 
> for rural and other high-cost customers.  That interpretation could cost 
> the bill support from a number of conservative senators who have made a 
> "no new taxes" pledge.  (Wall Street Journal 5/5/95 B6)
> 
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