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Does anyone out there know about this? Will we be taxed for e-mailing our novias?

   Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail
  sent.
  It
   figures! No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!!
   Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent
  charge
  on
   every delivered E-mail. Please read the following carefully if you
  intend
  to
   stay online and continue using E-mail.
   The last few months have revealed an alarming trend in the
  Government
  of
  the
   United States attempting to quietly push through legislation that
  will
  affect
   our use of the Internet.
   Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be attempting
  to
  bill
   E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees".
   Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent
  surcharge
  on
   every e-mail delivered, by billing Internet Service Providers at
  source.
  The
   consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP.
   Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to prevent
  this
   legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is claiming
  lost
   revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing nearly
  $230,000,000
   in revenue per year. You may have noticed their recent ad campaign:
  "There
  is
   nothing like a letter." Since the average=20 person received about
  10
  pieces
   of E-mail per day in 1998, the cost of the typical individual would
  be
  an
   additional 50 cents a day - or over $180 per year -above andbeyond
  their
   regular Internet costs.
   Note that this would be money paid directly to the US Postal Service
  for a
   service they do not even provide.
   The whole point of the Internet is democracy and non-interference.
   You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of
   bureaucratic inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for
   letter
  to
  be
   delivered from coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is allowed
  to
  tinker
   with E-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" Internet in the
  United
  States.
   Congressional representative, Tony Schnell (Republican) has even
  suggested
  a
   "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet service" above and
  beyond
  the
   governments proposed E-mail charges. Note that most of=20 the major
   newspapers have ignored the story the only exception being the
  Washingtonian
   which called the idea of E-mail surcharge "a useful concept who's
  time
  has
   come" (March 6th, 1999 Editorial).
   Do not sit by and watch your freedom erode away!
   Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your friends
  and
   relatives to write their congressional representative and say "NO"
  to
  Bill
   602P. It will only take a few moments of your time and could very
  well
  be
   instrumental in killing a bill we do not want.
    PLEASE FORWARD!
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... in response to House Bill will tax(steal) from us for e..., posted by Larry in Dallas on Apr 29, 2001

This is an internet hoax that has been around some time. Not to worry.

Tim.

... in response to House Bill will tax(steal) from us for e..., posted by Larry in Dallas on Apr 29, 2001

I did a search on Bill 602p and came up with some interesting stuff.  Check these sites out.

www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html
www.house.gov/oxley/s9910a.htm

I am not saying that the gov doesn't mislead us at times, but I don't think they would post this as a direct lie.

David

... in response to House Bill will tax(steal) from us for e..., posted by Larry in Dallas on Apr 29, 2001

Larry,
The line in the report you passed on of "quietly pushing through" this bill will never happen.The press would be all over it and there would be a howl louder than you would get from old folks if you messed with their social security.I don't think we need to worry about it happening without our knowledge.In my opinion this will not happen,I don't think any politician would even propose it.

Pete

... in response to House Bill will tax(steal) from us for e..., posted by Larry in Dallas on Apr 29, 2001

Dont tell me you fell for this ?lol  this one is as good as the one going around before that said if you fwd the email Bill Gates will write you a check for $5000 lol  pour yourself another cup of coffee ;)
BTW..the internet has provided the post office and package shippers with more work through internet purchasing :)
They are not losing money :)

... in response to Re: House Bill will tax(steal) from us f..., posted by Brassa on Apr 29, 2001

Correct :).. I have been hearing this one for a long time:).
As far as I know, there are no bills starting with a "p".

... in response to Re: Re: House Bill will tax(steal) from ..., posted by Meisme on Apr 29, 2001

Dear people:

   Thanks.  I will check into this.  Just got it thias morning and sent it out.  Sorry, my mistake.  I apologize!!!

                                Larry in Dallas