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Re: [SPAM 05.74] Re: [PLUG] [OT] Postage on EMail?
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On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 07:45:26PM -0500, Paul wrote:
> Michael D. Bevilacqua wrote:
>
> >Oh come on Gates...
> >
> >http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/03/05/spam.charge.ap/index.html
> >
> >
> >
>
> I don't know if this true, but I just received this from my father.
> Actually, I haven't even read it yet.
>
> Subject: Federal Bill 602P-Mail Charge
>
> Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P charges 5-cents per
> E-mail sent. It figures! No more free E-mail! Bill 602P will permit
> the Federal Government to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered
> E-mail.
This story has been around more than the proverbial "bad penny".
I started to tear this apart on logical terms alone but this:
http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/emailtax.html
actually covers all the points I wanted to make very nicely.
I check ALL such stories with snopes.com or urbanlegends.com before
repeating them :-)
Eric
--
# Eric Lucas
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
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