Cable and cell/phone companies had to be threatened/legislated into not calling some of their fees "taxes". They'd add a new fee, call it a tax to deflect criti

Cable and cell/phone companies had to be threatened/legislated into not calling some of their fees "taxes". They'd add a new fee, call it a tax to deflect criticism... Now they can only do so (as it should be) if 100% of the income from that line item goes to a government body.