Every day, millions of American women juggle work, family, errands, personal interests, and life in general. Wireless is often a favorite tool to empower women to do business on the go, communicate with family and friends, keep calendars and contacts, and if needed, to get help in emergencies. More than ever, small business owners have hundreds of choices in phones, features and calling plans. That’s why business owners must stand together against state and federal governments who continue to threaten the quality and affordability of wireless service with unnecessary regulations and regressive taxes that limit choice, slow innovation and drive up costs.

RECENT NATIONAL MW SURVEY:

A recent national bipartisan survey of wireless users clearly shows that women are overwhelmingly satisfied with their wireless phone service and are oppose adding new regulations.

• 90% of female wireless phone users are satisfied with their service.
• 70% of women believe adding new state government regulations on wireless phone service would either make their wireless phone service “worse” or make “no difference.”
• 82% of women don’t want higher wireless taxes or fees.
• 90% of women think the taxes on their monthly wireless phone bill should be “lower” or “the same” as taxes on general business goods and services, which is approximately 7%.
• 81% of women agree that “competition among wireless providers gives consumers enough choices so they can pick the wireless device, plan, options and content that best fits their needs.”

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IMPORTANT FACTS:

Today's average wireless consumer faces an unfair and growing tax burden:

• The average wireless consumer already pays over 15% in combined federal, state and local government taxes and fees on their monthly wireless bills.
• Wireless taxes are currently DOUBLE or TRIPLE that of other goods and services. The excessive state and local tax rate on wireless service increased more than 4 times faster than other goods and services between January 2003 and July 2007. Every level of government is unfairly taxing wireless users to pay for programs and balance budgets.
• Nationally, wireless consumers pay approximately $21 billion dollars annually in wireless taxes and fees.

TAKE ACTION:

Support a 5-Year Break on All Unfair, New State and Local Wireless Taxes

Email your U.S. Representative to support H.R. 5793, the Lofgren-Cannon "Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008."

Email your U.S. Senators to support S. 3249, the Wyden-Snowe "Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act."

Tired of spiraling state and local taxes and fees on your monthly wireless bill? You are not alone. Over 260 million American wireless consumers are increasingly saddled with an unfair tax burden by their federal, state and local governments. Wireless costs have dropped nearly 80 percent over the last 10 years, but the typical wireless consumer now faces over 15 percent on average in taxes, fees and surcharges on his or her wireless service, more than twice the average tax rate for other goods and services in this country.

Congress is again working to forge consumer-friendly tax policies that will impact over 260 million American wireless consumers just like you. Important bipartisan legislation has been introduced by Reps. Lofgren (D-CA) and Cannon (R-UT) in the House and Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Snowe (R-ME) in the Senate, and you can make a difference by letting your U.S. Representative and your Senators know where you stand on H.R. 5793, the "Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008" and S. 3249, the "Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act." Please act now to support a 5-year freeze on unfair new state and local wireless taxes.

Please urge your Representative and Senators to join their colleagues in cosponsoring H.R. 5793 and S. 3249 today. Also, you can say 'thank you' to the Members who have already cosponsored this pro-consumer legislation. CLICK HERE….

COALITION PARTNERS:

MyWireless.org® is a national non-partisan, non-profit consumer advocacy organization giving wireless consumers a powerful and unified voice to protect the freedom, value, security and mobility they enjoy with wireless services. To date, more than 1 million wireless consumers and over 180 coalition partners across the country have joined MyWireless.org to get informed and to impact wireless taxes and regulations that affect them.

But, the battles have only just begun – there are hundreds of proposed laws and regulations affecting wireless that are active in Congress and in states across the country. MyWireless.org® will continue to inform and empower consumers and coalition partners to impact the wireless policies that affect their service, their businesses and their families.
To learn more, please visit www.MyWireless.org today.