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SPOTLIGHT: Telecom tax imposed in 1898 finally ends

August 1, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
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Congress established a 3 percent tax on the luxury of long-distance telephone service back in 1898 to help fund the Spanish-American war. The war ended in just a few months, and now the tax is ending too. Article