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Originally Posted by Wizzo
The program actually started under Reagan, cellphones were added under Bush, but however you want to spin it...  |
Your right. Two seconds of searching lead me to:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp
The program was started in 1994. Landlines have a special tax on them that collects a special fee to provide phones to those who cannot afford it for whatever reason. This was back in the days of Ma Bell. It only makes sense they would carry this over to cell phones.