Hi, Debie! No yelling from me -- it can happen to any of us. Have a really super week! Elaine Debie wrote: > Hi All, > My appologies, I just got sucked into one. Marsha sent me this and I > firmly believe Marsha, please forgive me for jumping the gun on this one. I > have learned my lesson and next time I will not jump the gun on any of this, > > Debie > > P.S. Go ahead and yell at me for junking up your mailboxes, I deserve it! I > am really sorry, I won't let it happen again. > > Debie, et al, > > And here's the reply I sent to Michael: > > > This is that long-running hoax. > > > > I just went to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and did a search on all bills with > > the word "internet" in them. The latest (that I found) was: > > 105th Congress, S.442, Oct 98, which specifically *prohibits* any new > > taxes on Internet access or e-commerce, for a period of 3 years. This > > bill, as near as I can tell, is currently referred to committee(s) in > > the house (ref:S.442.RFH) > > > > There were no similar bills newly introduced in the 106th Congress. > > Please don't pass this on any farther. I've seen this same "call to > action" for 3 years on the 'Net. It may have been true once, but it's > not right now. > > Actually, if you want to do something, have your rep get the above bill > *out* of committee and into existence. It provides for a 3 year > moratorium on any new taxes! *That's* something to push for! > > Happy Hunting! > Marsha Wilcox > [email protected] > Wilcox Web Design -- http://start.at/WilcoxWebDesign > USGenWeb County Coordinator for: > Lake Co., IL -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~illake/ > Listowner for ILLAKE-L, tracing your roots in Lake Co., IL > (Temp CC) Iron Co., WI -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiron/ > Home Page -- http://mall.lnd.com/wilcox/ > My Genealogy Page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mawilcox/index.htm > SpamHunt! -- http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/1616/ > > ==== ZIMMERMAN Mailing List ==== > Visit Daisy's Zimmerman Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/zimmerman.htm