Joe Geiser optimistically posted:

> In other words, the USPS cannot charge postage for e-mail, because they do
> not own the equipment, the software, the mailboxes or the mail clients!

Uh huh.  And they can't charge for building permits, since they don't own the
property, the materials, or the labor.

And they can't charge me for exchanging some of my private property to you,
for some of your money, so the so-called "sales tax" is a myth, too.

Income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, permit fees, license fees,
postage: they're all just different names for the same thing.

Never underestimate the power or determination of any government to reach
into your pocket.

(No, I don't believe we are in immediate danger of an "email tax" -- but I
wouldn't be at all surprised to see such legislation introduced.)

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