email tax an urban myth
Jon Ford
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<TD><FONT color=#cc0000 face="verdana, geneva, helvetica" size=+1><B>Email Tax Hoax Fouls N.Y. Senate Debate</B> </FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top><FONT face="verdana, geneva, helvetica" size=1>• <A href="http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blemtax2.htm">Bill 602 (U.S.)</A><BR>• <A href="http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blemtax.htm">Bill 602P (Canada)</A><BR> <BR></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top><FONT face="verdana, geneva, helvetica" size=1>• <A href="http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://new.usps.com/cgi%2Dbin/uspsbv/scripts/content.jsp%3FD=13643">USPS Statement</A><BR>• <A href="http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.cnn.com/video/politics/2000/10/08/hillary.lazio.4.wcbs.html">Debate Video</A> <BR>• <A href="http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp%2Dsrv/onpolitics/elections/nysenatetext100800.htm">Debate Transcript</A><BR> <BR></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR>
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<P>Posted: 10/10/00
<P><FONT color=#cc0000 size=+1>A</FONT> well-traveled Internet hoax claiming that a bill introduced in the U.S. Congress would impose a 5-cent postal tax on every email found its way into a televised debate October 8th between New York Senatorial candidates Hillary Clinton and Rick Lazio. Moderator Marcia Kramer of WCBS-TV introduced the topic by saying, "I’d like to ask you how you stand on federal bill 602P," then launched into a description of the nonexistent legislation drawn from the text of the now infamous email hoax.
<P>Both candidates, completely unaware they were discussing a fictional proposal, heartily condemned it.
<P>In a subsequent explanation, WCBS said that Kramer took some of her questions from messages submitted by viewers and had no idea she'd been slipped a hoax.
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<P>The email in question, authored in April 1999 by an unknown Canadian prankster and anonymously retooled weeks later for a U.S. audience, has enjoyed an enormous circulation, provoking a steady stream of protests to Congressional offices since its inception. So clamorous has been the outcry against it, in fact, that last March Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan introduced legislation specifically to <I>block</I> any proposal resembling "Bill 602P" from ever becoming law.
<P>Congressman Lazio, who evinced ignorance of the hoax during the debate, was a co-sponsor of that legislation.
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "frank maverick" <FSWEEMAV@HOTMAIL.COM>
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<DIV>> > > > > Subject: Federal Bill 602P--PLS. FORWARD THIS E-MAIL<BR>> > > ><BR>> > > > > FEDERAL BILL 602P -- READ & FORWARD<BR>> > > ><BR>> > > > > Guess the warnings were true. Federal Bill 602P 5-cents per<BR>E-mail<BR>> > >sent.<BR>> > > > > It figures! No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!!<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a<BR>5-cent<BR>> charge<BR>> > >on<BR>> > > > > every delivered E-mail. Please read the following carefully<BR>if<BR>you<BR>> > >intend<BR>> > > > > to stay online and continue using E-mail. The last few months<BR>have<BR>> > > > > revealed an alarming trend in the Government of the United<BR>States<BR>> > > > > attempting to quietly push through legislation that will<BR>affect<BR>our<BR>> > >use<BR>> > >of<BR>> > > > > the internet.<BR>> > > > > Under proposed legislation, the US Postal Service will be<BR>attempting<BR>> > >to<BR>> > > > > bill E-mail users out of "alternative postage fees."<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge a<BR>5-cent<BR>> > >surcharge<BR>> > > > > on every e-mail delivered, by billing Internet Service<BR>Providers<BR>at<BR>> > > > > source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by the ISP.<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to<BR>prevent<BR>> > >this<BR>> > > > > legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is<BR>claiming<BR>> > >lost<BR>> > > > > revenue, due to the profliferation of E-mail, is costing<BR>nearly<BR>> > > > > $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have noticed their<BR>recent<BR>> > >ad<BR>> > > > > campaign: "There is nothing like a letter."<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > Since the average person received about 10 pieces of E-mail<BR>per<BR>day<BR>> in<BR>> > > > > 1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an<BR>additional 50<BR>> > >cents<BR>> > ><BR>> > >a<BR>> > > > > day -- or over $180 per YEAR-- above and beyond their regular<BR>> Internet<BR>> > > > > costs.<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > Note that this would be money paid directly to the US Postal<BR>Service<BR>> > >for<BR>> > ><BR>> > >a<BR>> > > > > service they do not even provide.<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > The whole point of the Internet is democracy and<BR>noninterference.<BR>> You<BR>> > >are<BR>> > > > > already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because of<BR>> > >bureaucratic<BR>> > > > > inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a letter to<BR>be<BR>> > > > > delivered from coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is<BR>allowed<BR>> to<BR>> > > > > tinker with E-mail, it will mark the end of the "free"<BR>Internet in<BR>> the<BR>> > > > > United States.<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > Congressional representative, Tony Schnell (R) has even<BR>suggested<BR>a<BR>> > > > > "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet service" above<BR>and<BR>> beyond<BR>> > >the<BR>> > > > > governments proposed E-mail charges. Note that most of the<BR>major<BR>> > > > > newspapers have ignored the story the only exception being the<BR>> > > > > Washingtonian which called the idea of E-mail surcharge "a<BR>useful<BR>> > >concept<BR>> > > > > who's time has come" (March 6th, 1999 Editorial). Do not sit<BR>by<BR>and<BR>> > >watch<BR>> > > > > your freedom erode away!<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > Send this E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all your<BR>friends<BR>> > >and<BR>> > ><BR>> > > > > relatives to write their congressional representative and and<BR>say<BR>> "NO"<BR>> > >to<BR>> > > > > Bill 602P.<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > It will only take a few moments of your time and could very<BR>well<BR>be<BR>> > > > > instrumental in killing a bill we do not want.<BR>> > > > ><BR>> > > > > PLEASE FORWARD!<BR><BR></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href='http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></html>
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