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docilebob
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: buttcrack of the midwest
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 03-05-2001 20:39

I just got this email about Federal Bill 620P. It`s about a 5 cent tax on emails imposed by hte postal service. Anyone else hear of this? Is the Post Office gonna tax us for a service it doesn`t provide or is this just another BS thing ?

Jestah
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Long Island, NY
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 03-05-2001 20:46

Well I haven't receieved that yet, but I don't suppose the postal service has any jurisdiction at all so I would have to say no, its BS. Where did you get it from? A realiable source or one of those spam letters saying send this to 200 people and they can't impose taxes. Seeing how the US Postal Service is not associated with any email service I don't think its at all possible.

kretsminky
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: A little lower... lower... ahhhhhh, thats the spot
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 03-05-2001 21:04

Nope. 602P is junk.

There is a site, I think its www.urbanlegends.com that has answers to all those bogus emails you get from day to day.

twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the west wing
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 03-05-2001 21:55

who could *possibly* believe that?

...there's a bridge in sanfran i'd like to sell you..

docilebob
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: buttcrack of the midwest
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 03-05-2001 23:48

WEhat color is that bridge ? I`ve been looking for one of those..

twItch^
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: the west wing
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 03-05-2001 23:54

...the color of death.

klaus
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 03-06-2001 00:00

For those of you who don't know, thats pink and green.


*scowls at VP*

docilebob
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: buttcrack of the midwest
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 03-06-2001 00:10

Wow, cool. Death is my color. Fits right in. That `s the look I was going for. Now all I gotta do is figure out how to get it in my living room.

Jestah: Juristdiction has never been much of a problem for the US government when it comes to assesing texes. For instance : about 63 cents of the price of a gallon of gas is fed and state taxes. They don`t have anything to do with gas production, either.
Federal income tax was supposed to be temporary to help finance WWII. We`ve been out of that one for a while, now.



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Bugimus
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: New California
Insane since: Mar 2000

posted posted 03-06-2001 00:35

5 cents per email is pretty crazy, but the city of Los Angeles is currently considering taxing internet usage in some form or another. I'm afraid it's only a matter of time, unless people get really upset about it and demand their representatives oppose it.

Allewyn
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Solitary confinement
Insane since: Feb 2001

posted posted 03-06-2001 01:20

I'm not sure about you but I would really limit use of email or not use it at all if that happened. That may be the true thrust of any such action since the PS is losing bazillions by people not sending snail mail. Just a thought.
~Allewyn~

Jestah
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Long Island, NY
Insane since: Jun 2000

posted posted 03-06-2001 01:27

I dont think it could happen because the people would never stand for it. I know a lot of my friends from school fire me over plenty of surveys and other crap, probably at least 50 a day easily. After a while, that 5 cents would add up. I know I wouldn't use email, I would just chat in Instant Messages.

vogonpoet
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Mi, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 03-06-2001 01:29

*looks back at Klaus* keep scowling buddy... suits ya

ok.. playing devils advocate.. (again) is'nt 5c's per email a heck of a lot cheaper than 34c? per letter?

and maybe, just perhaps, that 5c charge might just discourage a large percentage of spammers?... just a thought and injecting a different POV.. (goona get hanged for this post) heh ~Vp~

hyperbole
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Madison, Indiana, USA
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 03-06-2001 01:29

WOW! docilebob, our government has more foresight than I thought. They started the Income tax in 1903 so they could finance World War II. That's pretty good!

docilebob
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: buttcrack of the midwest
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 03-06-2001 01:43

OK, Maybe it was that other war.

cycus
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Nov 2000

posted posted 03-06-2001 02:25

Dissuading spamming could be nice, but it?s the same as every other little charge. 5 cents this year, 6 cents next year or the year after, at some point people will be saying 10 cents per email damn, I remember when it was half that.

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warjournal
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From:
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 03-06-2001 05:17

Federal Income Tax. Hmm... It's fraudulant. It's as bogus as the e-mail tax. Go to Freedom Mall and look for a book called How to Cook a Vulture. It tells how to get a full refund and to not get your checks garnished. It's around $50, but it pays for itself with a few hours of reading and work.

Fight the power!

docilebob
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: buttcrack of the midwest
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 03-06-2001 06:39

Nevermind...http://www.urbanlegends.com/luz/emailtax.html. :O


Damnit, I hate it when krets is right( or is this a government site set up to lure us into a false sense of security )

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