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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim S who wrote (17187)	7/21/1998 4:25:00 PM
From: cody andre	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

On my monthly phone bill, there is a surcharge of 22+% which nobody has been able to explain (including the telephone company). This is on top of the 3% Federal excise tax and a 911 number fixed rate of $ 1.75 per month (the latter is probably for the children of the police force). Can somebody look at his/ her phone bill and see if they have similar charges. FTC is not helpful ...

To: Jim S who wrote (17187)	7/21/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: Rick Slemmer	Respond to of 20981

Jim: According to the Navy Times, it is true (I'm not a subscriber to the Website but I have seen the paper edition). You're absolutely right; there's no way the administration can fund the entire Bosnian effort just from an increase in uniform prices. But the very fact that the Pentagon is admitting to the link is disgusting. Budget surplus, indeed; they've just confiscated more than we know and more than they're telling us. And most of that surplus was sourced from the now-defunct tobacco settlement as the greedy Feds and the greedy states went to the well once too often. Hang on to your wallet. RS