Don,
Take a look at :
http://www.stiller.com/inttax.htm
This has been going around for quite a while ...
Kevin O
Don Harrop wrote:
>
> I know this is way off topic but I'd like to find out if anyone else knows
> any validity behind this email I got. This can't be true... If it is it's
> time for a revolution against our greedy government!
>
> Don
>
> I 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
> analarming 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 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 and beyond
> 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 noninterference.You are
> already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of
> bureaucratic efficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a 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.
>
> One congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) 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 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.
>
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Kevin O'Connor
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits,
but not when it misses.
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