Biggest ‘Crams’ Are Taxes, Surcharges

“Slammed by ‘Cramming’ ” [Personal Finance, Aug. 30] is a timely article, but it neglected to include the most egregious crams of all, namely, taxes and surcharges totaling $8 per month.

This amounts to 20% of my combined AT&T; and Pacific Bell modest single-family phone bill. For the life of me, I don’t recall authorizing any of these services. Can it be true that my reps at the federal, state and local government levels are responsible for initiating the “nation’s No. 1” fraud?

ORV PEASE

Burbank