Re: Tax on our List Use

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• To: s*@listbot.com
• Subject: Re: Tax on our List Use
• From: S* L* <s*@umich.edu>
• Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:30:10 -0500
• In-Reply-To: <19990310161754.16206.rocketmail@send201.yahoomail.com>

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

Fortunately for all of us avid internet users, rumors about a tax on
internet access are not true.  The true scoop on this warning can be found
on the following Urban Legends Reference page:

          http://www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/congress.htm


Here's to all this snow melting soon!

Susannah Livingood



>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>I thoroughly enjoy use of the Sq.Ft. e-mail system & hope to continue
>for a long,long time.
>
>I received a disturbing note from a close friend who works for our
>federal govt. (3/2/99):
>
>Guess we realized the government would sooner or later find a way to
>tax us
>for using the Internet. Congress will be voting in less than two
>weeks.CNN
>stated that the Government would, in two weeks time, decide to allow
>or not
>allow a Charge to your phone bill equal to a Long Distance call EACH
>time you
>access the Internet. The address is http://www.house.gov/writerep/
>If you choose, visit the address above and fill out the necessary
>form.If
>EACH one of us, forward this message on to others in a hurry, we may
>be able
>to prevent this injustice from happening!Please Pass This ON.
>
>I accessed the http address above to get an e-mail note to my
>representative with no problem.
>
>I debated on whether to pass this on to you all since it's not about
>growing in my garden, but darn it, I can't dispel the feeling it IS
>about my monetary ability to receive useful gardening info!!!!  Please
>forgive me if I have infringed upon you in any way.
>
>
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>
>==
>Cheers!
>Gay Stoufer
>gswanstoufer@yahoo.com
>


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