"Modem tax"

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

>Posted-Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 11:47:34 -0500 (CDT)
>From: karl@genesis.mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
>Subject: "Modem tax"
>To: com-priv@psi.com
>Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1993 11:47:34 -0500 (CDT)
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>
>Hmmmm.....
>
>My hat may be in my hand.  I am now attempting to verify the content of the
>docket which was referenced (I had seen what looked like a quite-authentic
>and official copy of same before I originally posted -- in hard-copy form!) 
>in my previous message about taxing modem users to death in order to fund 
>the NII.
>
>I'll attempt to get a much better look, and grill the person who had that
>copy (no, I'm not about to mention names -- at least not yet :-)
>
>Until I can verify this, it is probably better to consider it a hoax.  No
>point in raising the alarm bells over nothing.
>
>--
>Karl Denninger (karl@genesis.MCS.COM)   | You can never please everyone except
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