California wants to tax text messages so they can provide Obama Phones to illegal aliens

'LA made $1.3B in illegal immigrant welfare payouts in just 2 years'

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-made-1-3b-in-illegal-immigrant-welfare-payouts-in-just-2-years

State regulators have been ginning up a scheme to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones to help support programs that make phone service accessible to the poor.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/11/omg-now-california-wants-to-tax-text-messaging/