Published January 10th, 2008
TXTPower on proposed text tax
Scrap foreign junkets in lieu of text tax — TXTPower
Consumer group TXTPower today challenged President Arroyo to declare a moratorium on her foreign travels to save precious public funds and negate the need for the imposition of a new tax on text.
TXTPower has long opposed any new tax on telecommunications.
“Mrs. Arroyo spent P692-million in public funds her 2005 and 2006 junkets alone. Another estimate is P8.2-billion for the past six to seven years,” said TXTPower president Anthony Ian Cruz.












