My question would be how would they go about establishing and collecting
such a tax?  Wouldn't they have to monitor how many e-mails I sent?  Who
would do this my ISP?  Sounds to complicated and besides if Congress did
this I think it would time to break out the old tar and feathers again.

David F. Lowry
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Albany County Hall of Records
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www.albanycounty.com/achor

----- Original Message -----
From: Craig Deaton <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 6:26 PM
Subject: The Congress that cried "Wolf", a.k.a. "There Is No Bill"


> You know, it occurs to me that the frightening thing about all this is
that
> if we grow so numb to hearing about a possible tax on e-mail because it's
"a
> hoax", some sneaky group of politicians (no shortage of those) might
someday
> push it through because none of us will believe it's real until it's too
> late to do much about it.  Sounds kind of "Joe Goebbels-esque" I know, but
> how many times have we seen the government get sneaky with a tax?
>
> I know this is off topic.  I promise I'll stop it.
>
> I've got to stop drinking coffee in the afternoon!
>
> Craig "The Cynic" Deaton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 3:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: There Is No Bill
>
>
> Here is another url that talks about hoaxes and for some odd reason, I had
> this
> one bookmarked:
> <http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html#internetcharge>   I get a real
> charge
> reading about some of the hoaxes that come around.
>
> Craig, you aren't the only one who saw or read this somewhere besides the
> internet.  If I remember correctly, there was something in our local paper
> that
> alluded to the fact that "the feds were getting ready to tax email,"  and
I
> just
> laughed it off, since I had been told quite a while ago that this was a
> hoax.
> One hoax I read had to do with a bill in Canada - same story, different
> country.
> Two of my nieces have sent me information in the past few months about the
> same
> story, so it just keeps going around.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Janet Wendt
> Janet M. Wendt, C.A.
> Technical Services Archivist
> Oregon State University Archives
> 94 Kerr Administration Building
> Corvallis, OR  97331-2103
> Telephone: 541-737-2165
> Direct line: 541-737-4050
> Fax: 541-737-0541
> email: [log in to unmask]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Craig Deaton [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 1:17 PM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      Re: There Is No Bill
> >
> > Actually, I heard it on a local news broadcast and not from an e-mail.
I
> > don't think they said (nor did I) that it was a bill on the floor for
> > signature, just that is was an issue being discussed somewhat seriously
in
> > the House.
> >
> > Thanks for the tip on About.com though.  I discovered it about a month
ago
> > and have yet to find a topic I can't get some information on from them.
> It
> > truly is a great resource.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Craig "The Alarmist" Deaton  :-)
> > 24 Hour Fitness
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 9:17 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: There Is No Bill
> >
> >
> > There is no such bill pending in Congress to tax e-mail.  It is an
e-hoax.
> > A
> > website that tracks hoaxes is About.com.  Please use it before passing
> > alarmist
> > e-mails to your friends, and please inform your friends who send you
> > alarmist
> > e-mails.
> > http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhonda.htm?pid=2733&cob=home
> >
> > Lorinda Kasten-Lowerre
> > Records Analyst
> > American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
> > Torrance, California, USA
> > [log in to unmask]
> > <Check out Orange County California ARMA's website at ocarma.org
>