California Wants to Tax Your Text Messages

SACRAMENTO, CA (NBC NEWS) — California residents may soon have to pay a tax on texting. 

According to KNTV, the public utilities commission is floating the idea to help fund programs that give low-income residents access to cell phones.

It’s not clear how much the texting tax would be or how it would be collected.

Several business groups have come out against the proposal.

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