[altura]

Yes, taxes and fees that people don’t even notice.

Look at your water bill, for example.

Actual cost of water used: $10.

Total bill: $75

The rest is taxes and fees.

Same with phone bills.

[wintertime]

Same with phone bills.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

We use Skype at $3/month. We have a pre-paid emergency phone for the car that we rarely use. This is saving us hundreds of dollars a year in TAXES and phone service.

[oh8eleven]

Yes, taxes and fees that people don’t even notice.
Had to go to emergency room 18 months ago - turned out to be nothing - but when I got my bill, I noticed NY State added a 9% surtax.
The SOBs would steal the pennies from a dead man's eyes.

[cuban leaf]

I worked for T-Mobile for five years and one of my internal clients was the Tax Department.

Don’t get me started about cell phone taxes. GRRRRRR!