X-Message-Number: 17040
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 21:01:11 -0400
From: fair4us <>
Subject: Govt. Email Tax URBAN LEGEND Rises Again

Just when you thought some craziness died over two years ago, John Grigg 
finds it on another supposedly intelligent email list.  Sorry John, it 
ain't true now either.  No bills, including "602P," end in a "P".   Please 
folks, do not annoy your Senators' and Members of Congress' staff with 
communications about faux legislation.  Do it for something more 
meaningful.  Please do not pass on unconfirmed stories on the net without 
verification; they spread worse than viruses.

Here are some 
references: 
http://new.usps.com/cgi-bin/uspsbv/scripts/content.jsp?D=13643&B=-10830

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 1999
Release No. 45
E-MAIL RUMOR COMPLETELY UNTRUE
WASHINGTON  A completely false rumor concerning the U.S.  Postal Service is 
being circulated on Internet e-mail.  As a  matter of fact, the Postal 
Service has learned that a similar  hoax occurred recently in Canada 
concerning Canada Post.
The e-mail message claims that a "Congressman Schnell" has  introduced 
"Bill 602P" to allow the federal government to impose a 5-cent surcharge on 
each e-mail message delivered over the  Internet.  The money would be 
collected by  Internet Service  Providers and then turned over to the 
Postal Service.
No such proposed legislation exists.  In fact, no  "Congressman Schnell" 
exists.
The U.S. Postal Service has no authority to surcharge e-mail  messages sent 
over the Internet, nor would it support such legislation.

Mandatory cryonics content:  In the distant future, altruistic beings of 
whatever composition will revive frozen, vitrified and otherwise preserved 
carbon-based lifeforms with no discrimination whatsoever in regard to 
tendencies toward spamming or spreading of urban legends and other 
viruses.  YMMV if you do not happen to find altruistic beings within the 
necessary window of opportunity, such as most of the preserved Egyptians 
did not.





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