July 24, 2009
Pols Picking Your Pocket Again. Those cell-phone taxes to "improve" 911 service? A joke. On you.More than $200 million collected from cellphone users for upgrades to the 911 system has been diverted in the last two years to plug statebudgetholes, keep campaign promises and, in at least one case, buy police uniforms, an Associated Press analysis has found. -- Cash-strapped states raid 911 funds[HT: Surber ]
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