7 1/2 Cents

Now comes a proposal, before the Federal Communications Commission, to raise the average phone bill about $1.90 a year, the money to go into a fund school districts use to buy high-speed internet access.

Doesn't seem a heck-of-alot does it?  But maybe politicians should play this video from The Pajama Game, a 1954 musical based upon the book 7 1/2 Cents by Richard Bissell.  Here, go ahead, listen to the song and see show it relates to this big to take some more money from you, not as taxes but as fees:  (Copy and paste the following into your web browser.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w4mVycaC_o