[... I think I pay enough taxes as it is, there is no reason why anyone should have to pay a tax for VoIP communications over an internet connection that you most likely already have to pay taxes for. Since when was double taxation okay? Universal Service ...]

The Universal Service Fund as presented by Congress, the FCC and the communications companies is illegal.

There is nothing in the Constitution that allows congress to impose an involuntary contribution (this is an oxymoron). The USF is nothing more than a sham developed by Congress, the communications companies and the FCC. It is not a tax and cannot be legally collected because it does not fit the conditions of taxation as described in the constitution. Ergo it is called a contribution and fraudulently refereed to as a charge of some sort.

I submit that Congress cannot legally mandate contributions to an independent not-for-profit company and neither can the FCC. Also telecommunications companies cannot contribute to a fund and pass that on to the consumer as a cost or a service imposed by the FCC. Therefore, it should be discontinued immediately.”