Well you may want to forward this page to your friend: http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBUrbanMyths.shtml#emailtax
Yes it is another Hoax, been around for a couple of years. http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org is a great site to cross check these things. Cheers, David At 08:22 PM 2/25/2002, al johson wrote: >Normally, I don't forward messages like this one. But I'm making an >exception because I received it from a very reputable source. Naturally, >this would impact the whole Interenet in an extremely negative manner. >Basically, the U.S. PostOffice wants the govt to levy a tax for them on >every email we send (and receive), and there is a bill in Congress!!---AL >Johnson. >================================= >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Jimmy Harmon >To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>al johnson >Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 6:00 PM >Subject: Fwd: Fw: Proposed email charges > > >Begin forwarded message: > > >Subject: Fw: Proposed email charges > > >This alert on Federal Bill 602p was sent to me by a friend. You may >already be aware of it...I was not. Any kind of a Federal Government >charge on Internet use as per 602p or some variation thereof would be most >unfortunate. It certainly is worth our attention as spelled out at the >end of the message. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <?color><?param 1999,1999,FFFF>[EMAIL PROTECTED]<?/color> >To: <?color><?param 1999,1999,FFFF>[EMAIL PROTECTED]<?/color> >Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 10:45 PM >Subject: Proposed email charges > ><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Federal Bill 602p > >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 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 >inefficiency. 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. >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. > >PLEASE FORWARD! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ><?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
