Fortunately another hoax...

See http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/urbanlegends/library/blemtax2.htm

You can get quite a great list of Internet hoaxes and urban legends @ :
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lawrence D. Keplinger [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 1:29 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [Fwd: Email Surcharge]

> > CNN has reported that within the next two weeks
> Congress is going to vote
> > on
> > allowing telephone companies to CHARGE A TOLL FEE
> for Internet access.
> > Translation: Every time we send a long distance
> e-mail we will receive a
> > long distance charge. This will get costly. Please
> visit the following
> > website and file a complaint to your
> Congressperson. We can't allow this
> > to
> > pass! The following address will allow you to send
> an e-mail on this
> > subject
> > DIRECTLY to your Congressperson.
> http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Under proposed
> > legislation the U.S. Postal Service will be
> attempting to bill email
> > users
> > out of "alternate postage fees". Bill 602P will
> permit the Federal Govt.
> > to
> > charge a 5 cent surcharge on every email
> delivered, by billing Internet
> > Service Providers
> > at source. The consumer would then be billed in
> turn by the ISP.

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