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February 20th, 2004, 08:06 PM
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Re: OT: Charge / tax per e-mail?
We can always hope it's a hoax, but it should not be too difficult to find out whether or not the mentioned bill actually exists.
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February 20th, 2004, 08:57 PM
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Re: OT: Charge / tax per e-mail?
well, if the sender was billed and not the recipient, it could cut down on spam.
personally, i don't think much of that kind of money grab, i'm just argueing. 
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February 20th, 2004, 09:00 PM
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February 20th, 2004, 09:11 PM
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Re: OT: Charge / tax per e-mail?
BTW:
www.urbanlegends.com
is a great site anytime you get / see something where your first reation is:
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February 20th, 2004, 09:14 PM
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Re: OT: Charge / tax per e-mail?
Even if it were real, it would be impossible to enforce without revealing all that tech the guys with the tinfoil hats fear.
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February 21st, 2004, 12:03 AM
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Re: OT: Charge / tax per e-mail?
Another clue would be that House bills start with HR and Senate bills start with S. I've never seen a "602P" anywhere.
*shakes head, wondering what they teach in high school civics these days* 
[edit]That should be HB, not HR.
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February 21st, 2004, 01:22 AM
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Re: OT: Charge / tax per e-mail?
Sooooo....it was easy after all. I marked that urban legends website for future reference.
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