fun with memos, part 2

the half of my salary uncle sam allows me to keep will be taxed again when i spend it. a good example is my cell phone bill, with four separate government charges making up over 10% of my total payment. the "regulatory cost recovery charge" and "federal universal service charge" are my favorites.

some of it will also go towards more taxes, such as the virginia car tax. this weekend i got my “bill.” someday i'll regret writing passive-aggressive memos, but for now:

thinking of forced taxes (and the programs they fund) reminded me of one of my GRE words:

internecine: adj. mutually destructive; causing harm to both sides

[aside: quick! someone play scrabble with me before i forget all these words!]

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