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What I mean by this is that I suspect that telcos are drafting this sort of legislation, and promoting articles to "Business Friendly" news publications that ca
by elipsey 8y ago
What I mean by this is that I suspect that telcos are drafting this sort of legislation, and promoting articles to "Business Friendly" news publications that call surcharges "tax" in order to deflect blame. That is more or less what I think happened with the MTS surcharge.
- mikeash 8y agoOh, I see. I was thinking in terms of calling it a “tax” to kill it, since people generally hate that word. I guess they’d rather keep it quiet but that may not be an option.