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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Phila Inqr reported on proposed legislation in Trenton [NJ] that would force Verizon to pay local taxes on telephone poles, lines, land, and other equipment that the telecom giant has refused to fork over in an increasing number of New Jersey municipalities, starving them of tens of millions of dollars a year in tax revenue. Verizon has claimed it doesn?t have to pay the taxes.
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This is what happens when people get to the high levels of a mindless, gigantic bureaucracy: they are surrounded by sycophants who smile whenever they're asked a question, and after a little while, the "executives" start to think that government employees should smile at them too.
Bill Horne Moderator